Broadband services ready in 1.16 lakh gram panchayats, says Manoj Sinha
Broadband services are ready in over 1.16 lakh village panchayats out of the 1.21 lakh connected with optical fibre network under…
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Telcos to rollout 1 million WiFi hotspots by December 2019: Manoj Sinha
The Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha has announced that the Indian telecom industry will roll out one million WiFi…
Govt frees spectrum for Wi-Fi, 5G services in 5 Ghz band from licence
The government under Bharat Net project is planning to roll out 1 crore Wi-Fi hotspots in the country in rural area. Besides, it…
Second phase of BharatNet roll-out to be completed by March 2019, says Manoj Sinha
In Phase 1 of BharatNet implementation, the target of completing 100,000 GPs was achieved in December 2017. Whereas, Phase 2 is…
ITI bags Rs 334-cr order from Rajasthan government for wi-fi project
Under the project, the telecom gear making firm is expected to establish 40,000 outdoor Wi-Fi access points in Rajasthan with the…
Rajasthan govt to provide smartphones, Wi-Fi connection to Bhamashah Scheme benefeciaries
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has promised to provide a mobile phone and a Wi-Fi connection each to the beneficiaries…
PDO-based Wi-Fi model, de-licensing of V-band spectrum to hurt financial viability of telcos: COAI
Industry body COAI has asked the government not to allow internet services by unlicensed operators or any ‘de-licensing’ of the…
Why Wi-Fi connectivity is still limited in India
One of the key reasons for the relatively low Wi-Fi connectivity in India is the limited penetration of home broadband, says an…
Piyush Goyal proposes extended banking counters at 2.9 lakh CSCs
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has proposed to open extended banking counters across all 2.9 lakh common service centres (CSCs) that…
BharatNet Wi-Fi data usage jumps 190 per cent in villages
The launch of Wi-Fi hotspots under the rural broadband project ‘BharatNet’ has seen 190 per cent jump in data usage to 95 terabyte…