India’s plan to cover all its six lakh villages with broadband connectivity in the next three years has kick-started with public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) shortlisting equipment vendors for the first phase of its share in the Rs 4,000-crore project, official sources said. Siemens, Ericsson and ZTE have been shortlisted for the BSNL contract […]
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The government has allocated Rs 150 crore to Department of Telecom this fiscal for providing optical fibre cable (OFC) network to defence services, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. “The Planning Commission has allocated Rs 150 crore for 2007-08 to DoT for providing OFC network to country’s defence services and to enable them to
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Vodafone Essar has silently kicked off the groundwork in the run-up to launching greenfield cellular networks in six new circles – Orissa, Bihar, Assam, North East, Himachal Pradesh and J&K – where the licences are held through its wholly-owned subsidiary Vodafone Essar Spacetel (formerly, Essar Spacetel). For starters, the company’s project offices in Bhubaneswar, Patna
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