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Rural Broadband Penetration to Get A Boost

Rural Broadband Penetration to Get A Boost

Finance Minister said the government would dip into the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) corpus to help BharatNet boost rural broadband penetration. The public, private partnership (PPP) model would bridge the digital divide. The government has connected 1.19 lakh village blocks in the first phase of its BharatNet program.

 

https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/budget-2019-bharatnet-to-speeden-up-says-finance-minister/70086312

Indian rural broadband penetration at 29.1% vs national average of 51.1%

Indian rural broadband penetration at 29.1% vs national average of 51.1%

Broadband penetration in India’s rural areas continues to be poor at 29.1% against national average of 51% with 687 million subscribers as of March 2020, according to a report by Deloitte. Although broadband penetration in India has grown at an annual rate of 35% over the past three years, rural India’s broadband subscribers per 100 population increased from 12% in March 2018 to 29.1% in March 2020, the consultancy firm said in a new report titled ‘Broadband for inclusive development—social, economic, and business.’ Meanwhile, fixed broadband penetration in India is abysmally low at only 7.5% of our households.

 

https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/indian-rural-broadband-penetration-at-29-1-vs-national-average-of-51-1-report/79081249

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