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Parliamentary panel flags gaps in BharatNet rollout, seeks state-wise performance auditA parliamentary panel identified gaps in the BharatNet rural broadband program's rollout. Substantial infrastructure exists, yet operationa...- SpaceX IPO date countdown begins: When is the SpaceX IPO and how can you buy SpaceX stock before the biggest IPO in market history?The SpaceX IPO is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated financial events in modern market history. Reports suggest that Elon Musk’s ...
- Pratap Technocrats signs Rs 8,025 crore pact with BSNL for BharatNet ProgTelecom firm Pratap Technocrats has secured a Rs 8,025 crore contract with BSNL to design, build, operate, and maintain BharatNet Phase III...
- HFCL begins largest deployment of indigenously made network routers for BharatNetIndia's network router market is currently dominated by US companies after Chinese gears were restricted by the government under telecom se...
- US House panel probes FCC decision to deny Starlink nearly $900 millionThe U.S. House committee is investigating the FCC's decision to deny SpaceX's Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies, citing ...
- US agency will not reinstate $900-million subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unitThe FCC cited among its reasons SpaceX's failure to successfully launch its Starship rocket, saying "the uncertain nature of Starship's fut...
- US to spend $42 billion to ensure net access for all Americans by 2030The funding under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program was authorized by the $1 trillion 2021 infrastructure law Biden champi...
- Biden to detail plans for $42 billion investment in US internet accessThe move will kick off the second leg of Biden's tour highlighting how legislation passed by Congress during the first half of his term wil...
- FCC under pressure to deny $886-million subsidy to SpaceX for rural netEven before winning a competition for the funds, SpaceX had set up its service and begun launching satellites. More than 1,000 of the Starl...
- Musk's SpaceX begins 'Better Than Nothing Beta' test for its Starlink internet at $99 per monthSpaceX has launched to orbit more than 800 satellites of the several thousand needed to offer broadband internet globally.
- Budget 2019: BharatNet to be speeded upThe FM said the government would dip into the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) corpus to enable BharatNet to boost rural broadband...
- Wi-Fi in panchayats: Govt floats tender to install 5 lakh hotspots by year-endThe project is expected to be completed at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore. Wi-fi hotspots will be available in social institutions like police s...
- Facebook plans commercial launch of rural WiFiExpress WiFi is a Mark Zuckerberg headed Internet giant’s initiative aimed at taking affordable broadband to the rural areas of the country.
- Digital cable TV, TV Whitespace should be used to expand broadband network: Trai chairmanThe government may use various means to give a boost to connectivity to facilitate the ambitious Digital India program and is looking at di...
- Wireless broadband subsidy may touch 8,000 croreDoT has pegged the total subsidy for financing countrywide rural wireless broadband rollout at roughly Rs 6,000-8,000 crore.
- Fresh framework for broadbandWith the world investing heavily to make broadband as pervasive as oxygen, India needs a policy that will not only give the country a techn...
- Finance Ministry proposes soft loans for telcos from USO FundIndia’s mobile operators may soon have access to soft loans for their rural forays, a move that will improve the country’s poor record of t...
- HCL, BSNL ink deal to offer low-cost PCs in villagesIT company HCL Infosystems today announced entering into partnership with state-run telcom operator BSNL for offering low-cost broadband-en...
- $100 million question: Where's broadband in US?The national stimulus package passed by Congress in February may have been too enthusiastic about spending money on one particular project:...
- Australia scraps $ 871 million broadband contractAustralia's government has cancelled a multi-million dollar deal with telco Optus and rural finance business Elders to build a broadband In...
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