NEW DELHI: The telecom department expects to connect 20,000 villages across the country through optic fibre by March-end under a national broadband network plan. Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will inaugurate the project commercially in Kerala on Monday.
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Digital India: Kerala’s Idukki becomes first district to join National Optic Fibre Network
NEW DELHI: Idukki in Kerala has become India’s first district to be linked to the National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN), the ambitious government project to offer high-speed broadband connectivity in all the villages in the country.
Microsoft partners Idea for paid apps & games
In an effort to boost sales of Windows-based smartphones in India, Microsoft has tied up with Idea Cellular for an arrangement whereby the latter will introduce ‘operator billing’ services for its subscribers who use smartphones running on the Windows operating system.