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  Internet access in India: Over 95 percent villages covered under 3G/4G connectivity

  Technology | August 02, 2024 14:03 IST

  Internet access in India: Internet users in India have grown at a rate of 14.26 percent per year over the last 10 years. Additionally, the total number of internet subscribers in India stands at 95.44 crore.

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  Nearly 99,000 Gram Panchayats yet be service ready under BharatNet

  India | February 12, 2021 8:38 IST

  The much-touted BharatNet project, aimed at connecting 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats, still lags with as many as 98,569 Panchayats yet to be service ready, Parliament was told on Thursday.

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  Centre clears Rs 2,000 cr for BharatNet phase II in Uttarakhand

  Business | July 11, 2020 21:31 IST

  The Centre has sanctioned Rs 2,000 crore for BharatNet phase II programme in Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the digital connectivity initiative will revolutionise telecommunication and internet connectivity in the state.

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  Telcos to install over 57,500 mobile towers in rural areas in FY'20: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  India | July 10, 2019 17:01 IST

  "There is a plan to install 57,559 towers for mobile services in the rural areas during the financial year 2019-20 by telecom service providers," Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

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  BBNL plans to take over operations, maintenance work of BharatNet infra

  Business | June 02, 2019 13:32 IST

  Bharat Broadband Nigam Limited (BBNL) had allocated around 70 per cent of rural broadband network roll-out work to BSNL and about 15 per cent of work to Railtel and Powergrid each.

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  Govt launches second phase of BharatNet to connect 1.5 lakh panchayats, Jio pays highest advance fee

  Technology | November 13, 2017 16:02 IST

  The second phase of BharatNet envisages laying down of optical fibre network across 1.5 lakh village panchayats by March 2019.