Broadband Connectivity
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Centre approves Rs 1.39 lakh crore for connecting 6.4 lakh villages with broadband
Business | Aug 05, 2023, 10:20 PM ISTThe pilot project was initially carried out to connect villages in four districts and then expanded to 60,000 villages across most states.
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Airtel launches new Xstream Fiber plan with 17 Premium OTTs, + 350 TV channels and more
Technology | May 30, 2022, 03:43 PM ISTAirtel brings in three new all-in-one home broadband plans for Rs 1599, Rs 699, and Rs 1,099 offering a number of OTT platforms and television channels.
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Telcos to install over 57,500 mobile towers in rural areas in FY'20: Ravi Shankar Prasad
India | Jul 10, 2019, 05:01 PM 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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Government plans new telecom policy by February 2018
Business | Nov 07, 2017, 04:09 PM ISTThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to finalise the new telecom policy by February 2018, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said here on Tuesday.
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More surveys on call drops, broadband push via cable: TRAI
Feb 10, 2016, 11:18 AM ISTNew Delhi : To tackle the issue of call drops, TRAI will hold a survey again in April in a couple of more cities, while also considering over the use of cable connections to deliver
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Govt to invest Rs 25,000 cr to provide broadband connectivity
Sep 25, 2013, 10:37 PM ISTChennai: The government has lined up investments of about Rs 25,000 crore toward laying of optic- fibre cables to provide broadband connectivity right up to village level by 2015, a top DoT official said today.
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2.5 lakh panchayats to get broadband connectivity by Nov 2013
Jul 29, 2012, 08:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 29: The UPA-II government is all set to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with broadband within 16 months with a view to improving public delivery mechanism. "In a review meeting of the