Common Service Centre stops BharatNet fibre maintenance as dues mountCSC is a special purpose vehicle set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Companies Act, 1956. BharatNet ...
11 Aug, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Tech and telcos in a tight race for BharatNet projectThe pre-bid conference for the rollout of the second phase of the project, which is expected to link 3.61 lakh villages by August 2023 reco...
17 Aug, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
A film festival to hard sell government's internet couponsAccording to a top official, CSCs have been given the mandate to offer last-mile internet connectivity through BharatNet to homes, through ...
31 Jan, 2020, 02.13 PM IST
Govt to bundle free movies with internet for first time usersAccording to a top official, CSCs have been given the mandate to offer last mile Internet connectivity through BharatNet to homes through a...
30 Jan, 2020, 08.24 PM IST
Public WiFi hotspots in India to reach 21 lakh by 2021: DigiAnalysysTelecom operators have promised the government to install 10 lakh WiFi hotspots by December this year.
22 Aug, 2019, 07.34 PM IST
Change license conditions to implement ‘Preference to Make in India’ in private sector: PHD ChamberIndian telecom equipment companies face a slew of challenges that deter them from competing with multinationals.
02 Jul, 2019, 11.49 AM IST
BBNL plans to take over operations, maintenance work of BharatNet infraBharat Broadband Nigam Limited (BBNL) had allocated around 70 per cent of rural broadband network roll-out work to BSNL and about 15 per ce...
02 Jun, 2019, 02.14 PM IST
Why the removal of withdrawal limits is likely to end India's cashless honeymoonReturn of cash, along with limited internet penetration and lack of know-how among masses, will likely make the 2,500-cr transaction target...
21 Feb, 2017, 05.47 PM IST
What's in a name: Despite renaming, Modi's BharatNet struggles to meet deadlineOnly Rs 5,741.80 cr had been disbursed till August end against the approved Rs 20,100 crore.
19 Oct, 2016, 08.51 AM IST
PMO to review progress of BharatNet projectBharatNet is the Centre’s ambitious programme that seeks to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats or village blocks with optic-fibre-based netwo...
21 Jul, 2016, 04.59 AM IST
RailTel blames delay in fibre cable rollout to slow RoW clearances, inhospitable terrainRailTel Chairman R K Bahuguna blamed the company’s slow pace of OFC deployment primarily to delayed RoW clearances.
11 Jun, 2016, 02.43 PM IST
Centre asks states to follow Andhra Pradesh plan for BharatNet projectThe progress of the project implementation has slowed down due to the inability of the company to procure optical network termination equip...
17 May, 2016, 04.02 PM IST
Economic Survey 2016: 4G, rising mobile phone usage to push government social schemesThe survey has identified mobile networks as one of the key tools for financial inclusion and drew parallel with the aviation sector, which...
26 Feb, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
Recommendation on new BharatNet model by December-end: TraiTrai expects to finalise by December-end the recommendations on new model to roll out BharatNet, which is aimed at providing broadband netw...
18 Dec, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Govt to offer internet services; to implement BharatNetAlready, 552 cable operators had been roped in and services were being provided to the people and the ISP Licence will be used to take inte...
14 Sep, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
Government earmarks Rs 498 crore incentive under BPO schemeGovt has earmarked Rs 498 cr incentive to companies for setting up call centres under a new BPO scheme, which is expected to create around ...
30 May, 2015, 01.21 AM IST
Seven states propose own broadband network model: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar PrasadGovernment has given option to roll out broadband network as per three models - current model operated by CPSUs, SPV or state run and priva...
29 May, 2015, 07.45 PM IST