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...
26 Jan, 2026, 09.01 PM IST
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 ...
08 Oct, 2024, 10.31 AM IST
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...
13 Dec, 2023, 08.57 AM IST
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...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.15 AM IST
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...
26 Jun, 2023, 05.47 PM IST
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...
04 Feb, 2021, 11.38 PM IST
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.
28 Oct, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
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...
05 Jul, 2019, 12.27 PM IST
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...
07 Jun, 2018, 05.21 PM IST
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.
08 Aug, 2016, 08.40 AM IST
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...
22 Mar, 2016, 08.50 PM IST
- Wireless broadband subsidy may touch 8,000 crore
DoT has pegged the total subsidy for financing countrywide rural wireless broadband rollout at roughly Rs 6,000-8,000 crore.
14 Jun, 2011, 08.10 AM IST
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...
17 Jul, 2010, 05.10 AM IST
- Finance Ministry proposes soft loans for telcos from USO Fund
India’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...
01 Jun, 2010, 07.21 AM IST
- HCL, BSNL ink deal to offer low-cost PCs in villages
IT company HCL Infosystems today announced entering into partnership with state-run telcom operator BSNL for offering low-cost broadband-en...
16 Sep, 2009, 09.00 PM IST
- $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:...
14 Sep, 2009, 08.19 PM IST
- Australia scraps $ 871 million broadband contract
Australia's government has cancelled a multi-million dollar deal with telco Optus and rural finance business Elders to build a broadband In...
02 Apr, 2008, 09.30 AM IST