National optical fibre network News

Telecom regulator TRAI Thursday said it was for the effective implementation of BharatNet, for which it had floated a consultation paper whose recommendations will be available by next month.

 Citing limited spectrum for cellular services, telecom players today said the government should come out with a industry-friendly policy to facilitate roll out of optical fibre across the country.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday issued a consultation paper on rolling out the national optical fibre network, renamed "BharatNet".

The optical fibre manufacturer is also connecting defence establishments in Jammu & Kashmir with high-speed optical fibres.

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.

Andhra Pradesh has become the first state to opt for executing the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) on its own and the telecom department will reimburse the cost for the same, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Telecom Ministry to ensure timely implementation of the ambitious nationwide broadband project, NOFN, the progress of which would be reviewed next month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Telecom Ministry to ensure timely implementation of the ambitious nationwide broadband project, NOFN, the progress of which would be reviewed next month.

To fast-track the central project, Department of Telecom has also warned of action against those officials who are not taking decisions or delaying it.

Earlier, government had set the target of completing NOFN roll out across 2.5 lakh village panchayats by March 2017.

The ambitious project worth around Rs 35,000 crore aims to provide high-speed broadband connectivity to 2.50 lakh gram panchayats in India by March 2017.

Information technology is a big priority of the government and it is a matter that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is moving himself, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.