Bharatnet

The contract, procured via Sterlite Tech's demerged global services business vertical will be for the Design, Supply, Construction, Installation, Upgradation, Operation and Maintenance of the middle mile network in the said circles.

This Hyderabad-headquartered microcap IT firm's stock rose over 120% in two weeks; here's why

Tera Software's stock surge comes at a time when the company won a mega BharatNet project and posted profit in September quarter

BharatNet III: ITI-led consortium lowest bidder for two projects worth Rs 3,022 crore

ITI-led consortium is assisting Centre in connecting urban as well as rural India seamlessly through a web of 4G networks.

Fiber optic plays Sterlite Tech, Tejas Networks, HFCL abuzz before opening of BharatNet's tender

There is an anticipation of a substantial private and public investment in enhancing India's fiber penetration, which could result in significant business for the optical fiber players.

Nokia, STL team up to target government-driven connectivity projects in India

Both companies said they would address enterprises' emerging requirements across multiple industry verticals to focus on use cases for a superior customer experience like multi-service premise edge connectivity, intelligent premises, and predictive operations.

BSNL floats Rs 65,000-crore phase-3 tender for BharatNet

Industry experts said the tender will allow multinational and domestic telecom equipment makers to generate additional revenues.

BharatNet gets nod to Rs 1.39-lakh-cr broadband project for 6.4 lakh villages

Bharat Broadband Network Limited will provide customer premise equipment and additional fibre required for connecting homes while local entrepreneurs have been tasked with maintaining the network.

Cabinet OKs Rs 1.39 lakh crore for connecting 6.4 lakh villages with broadband under BharatNet project

Bharat Broadband Network Limited will provide customer premise equipment and additional fibre required for connecting homes while local entrepreneurs have been tasked with maintaining the network.

Global tenders worth Rs 29,500 crore invited for BharatNet

The scope of this project, considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s heart, has been expanded to cover all 6.3 lakh villages in the country by 2023.

Cabinet approves Rs 19,041 crore viability gap funding for BharatNet in 16 states

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the decision to involve private players was taken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on August 15, 2020 that around 6 lakh villages in the country will be connected with broadband in 1,000 days.

Data consumption in rural areas jumped nearly 100% within a month: CSC CEO

CSC e-Governance Services India, which holds the licence for providing internet services, recorded an increase in data consumption to 4.7 terabytes (TB) as on March 30 from 2.7 TB on March 10.

BharatNet Phase II continues its delayed run; Maha, Andhra among worst performing states

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha were the four worst-performing states.

All panchayats to be connected with broadband under BharatNet by March 2020

The government connected 1 lakh gram panchayats under phase 1 of BharatNet project.

Budget 2019 | Governance challenges for Modi 2.0

Even though there may be no stated ‘allocation for better governance’ in the budget outlay, the intent and spirit of the budget speech for structural reforms will send the right signals to the electorate as well as to the markets.

DoT Secy directs BBNL, BSNL to take disciplinary action against officials for BharatNet faults

The secretary has sent a strongly-worded communication to the heads of BBNL and BSNL after she came to know that broadband equipment in over 50,000 village panchayats are non-functional, the sources said.

Budget 2018: BharatNet phase II gets Rs 10,000 crore as govt eyes 500,000 rural WiFi hotspots  

The phase I of the project, spread over 2016-18, had a collective outlay of Rs 14,426 crore

Govt to start Rs 34,000-cr BharatNet phase 2 from November 13

Under the project, the government aims to connect 1.5 lakh panchayats through 10 lakh kilometres of additional optical fibre

Investment outlay for BSNL lower at Rs 4,300 cr in 2017-18

Investment outlay for state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has been reduced to Rs 4,300 crore for 2017-18, compared to the Budget Estimate of Rs 7,317 crore for the current fiscal.

Trai suggests PPP model for BharatNet project

The government has proposed to provide broadband connectivity to 2,50,000 village panchayats under the ambitious BharatNet project.

All gram panchayats to be connected through OFC by 2018: Govt

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the National Optical Fibre Network project, renamed as BharatNet, is one of the pillars of thea programme, and through it, the government plans to establish a network infrastructure by connecting all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats through OFC.

Recommendation on new BharatNet model by December-end: Trai

The regulator also granted time till Monday for comment submission to people interested in BharatNetconsultation.

TN Govt to offer internet services; to implement BharatNet

Making a suo motu statement in the Assembly, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV) has received Internet Service Provider Licence (ISP) from the Union IT Ministry and signed a pact with Indian RailTel for providing high-speed broadband internet services.

Sterlite to spend Rs 400cr on optic fibre expansion

Eyeing the multi-billion dollar business opportunities opened by Digital India, billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Sterlite Technologies will invest up to Rs 400 crore on capacity expansion as it targets a major part of the Rs 72,000-crore BharatNet project.