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IFC helps in reaching broadband to 10 mn people in 31 nations

IFC, a member of World Bank, has completed a 6-year project to deliver affordable broadband access to more than 10 million people in 31...
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India approves Rs 1,100 crore submarine optical fiber cable project

India Government has approved a Rs 1,100 crore submarine optical fiber cable connectivity project between Chennai and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The estimated cost of...
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Facebook buys Nascent Objects to build Wi-Fi drones and servers

In a bid to build Wi-Fi drones, data servers and virtual reality goggles faster, social media giant Facebook has acquired Silicon Valley-based start-up Nascent...
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Cisco joins Telangana digital transformation mission

Cisco revealed a series of strategic initiatives to help accelerate the digital transformation of Telangana. As part of the digital transformation initiative, the Government of...
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Mobile Internet base dips 0.09 percent to 141.94 mn in June

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI today revealed that mobile Internet base in India fell 0.09 percent to 141.94 million in June 2016...
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Internet: Moving beyond India’s infrastructural limitations

Sidharth Malik, managing director and vice president, India at Akamai Technologies, says Internet revolution in India is in full swing, and the country wants...
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Comcast Business expands fiber network in Tallahassee

Comcast Business announced the expansion of its fiber network in Tallahassee for local businesses Ethernet services with speeds up to 100 Gbps alongside other...

Wi-Fi for commuters at 8 railway stations

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu here on Monday inaugurated a free high-speed wi-fi internet facility for railway commuters at eight stations in Mumbai and Thane. The...

How rural Internet is growing in India

With about 300 million Indian consumers expected online by 2020, Internet in rural India is growing exponentially. Rural areas account for two-thirds of the population...
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Comcast expands Gigabit Internet to Chicago

Comcast is conducting trials for a new Internet service starting today delivering speeds up to 1 Gigabit-per second (Gbps) to its customers in the...
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730 million internet users in India by 2020: Report

There will be 730 million internet users in India by 2020 and the usage will grow in verticals such as hospitality, e-Commerce and financial...
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Gigabit deployment growth revealed

Telecom and cable operators are making 350 live gigabit deployments globally, according to Gigabit Monitor – revealed by Viavi Solutions. There are 164 gigabit deployments...
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Airtel broadband users get 5GB free data

Bharti Airtel today announced 5GB free additional data to its broadband home users for every Airtel postpaid and / or digital TV (DTH) connection...
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Internet users reach 710 mn in China

China has 710 million internet users, largest in any country which is trailed by neighbouring India with 277 million internet surfers. The latest figure accounts...
Intel

How’s Intel building digital India via Unnati Kendras

Intel has inaugurated 40 Unnati Kendras at the government's Common Service Centres (CSCs) across India as part of building digital India. Currently operational in Telangana,...
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Wi-Fi accessed by 2 mn Indians at 23 railway stations: Google

Nearly two million Indians are using high-speed Wi-Fi services at 23 railway stations across the country that Google provided as part of its project,...

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