Bharatnet Project

The Delhi High Court Thursday sought the Centre's reply on a society's plea alleging harassment and intimidation by police after filing certain documents in a petition challenging the award of contracts under the BharatNet project.

The Cabinet approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs. 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

The Union Cabinet has approved the Rs 6.29 lakh crore relief package for Coronavirus pandemic affected sectors.

An official statement said the Cabinet also accorded in-principle approval for extending BharatNet to cover all inhabited villages in the remaining states and union territories.

The total outlay for the ambitious scheme will now be Rs 61,109 crore including the already approved amount of Rs 42,068 crore in 2017.

The government expects to complete the entire BharatNet project, entailing an investment of Rs 42,000 crore in both the phases, by March 2019.

Under the project, the government aims to connect 1.5 lakh panchayats through 10 lakh kilometres of additional optical fibre and give bandwidth to telecom players at nearly 75 per cent cheaper price for broadband and wifi services in rural areas.

BharatNet project aims to provide broadband connectivity to all gram panchayats by March 2019.

The BSNL 100G Optical Transport Network will provide Super Express Highways across the country, and help service central projects such as BharatNet, SWAN, and NKN.

TRAI Chairman RS Sharma expressed concern over India trailing nations like Singapore and Malaysia at the level of broadband.

BharatNet is aimed at providing 100 Mbps broadband connectivity to more than 250,000 gram panchayats across the country.

Any further delay in BharatNet project poses a risk to returns on investment in new large capacity data centres by global players such as Amazon and IBM.

The BharatNet project will see broadband brought to more than 12,500 rural local bodies in the state at an investment of Rs. 3,000 crores.

Tamil Nadu government today said it will provide internet services, including IPTV, through the state-run cable TV operator TACTV and implement the Centre's broadband project "BharatNet" linking more than 12,500 rural local bodies in the state at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore.

The Delhi High Court Thursday sought the Centre's reply on a society's plea alleging harassment and intimidation by police after filing certain documents in a petition challenging the award of contracts under the BharatNet project.

The Cabinet approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs. 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs 19,041 crore, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

The Union Cabinet has approved the Rs 6.29 lakh crore relief package for Coronavirus pandemic affected sectors.

An official statement said the Cabinet also accorded in-principle approval for extending BharatNet to cover all inhabited villages in the remaining states and union territories.

The total outlay for the ambitious scheme will now be Rs 61,109 crore including the already approved amount of Rs 42,068 crore in 2017.

The government expects to complete the entire BharatNet project, entailing an investment of Rs 42,000 crore in both the phases, by March 2019.

Under the project, the government aims to connect 1.5 lakh panchayats through 10 lakh kilometres of additional optical fibre and give bandwidth to telecom players at nearly 75 per cent cheaper price for broadband and wifi services in rural areas.

BharatNet project aims to provide broadband connectivity to all gram panchayats by March 2019.

The BSNL 100G Optical Transport Network will provide Super Express Highways across the country, and help service central projects such as BharatNet, SWAN, and NKN.

TRAI Chairman RS Sharma expressed concern over India trailing nations like Singapore and Malaysia at the level of broadband.

BharatNet is aimed at providing 100 Mbps broadband connectivity to more than 250,000 gram panchayats across the country.

Any further delay in BharatNet project poses a risk to returns on investment in new large capacity data centres by global players such as Amazon and IBM.

The BharatNet project will see broadband brought to more than 12,500 rural local bodies in the state at an investment of Rs. 3,000 crores.

Tamil Nadu government today said it will provide internet services, including IPTV, through the state-run cable TV operator TACTV and implement the Centre's broadband project "BharatNet" linking more than 12,500 rural local bodies in the state at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore.