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Government to Provide Broadband to Rural Schools and Health Centres under BharatNet

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Union Budget 2025-26: The Centre to expand BharatNet, providing broadband to rural schools and PHCs. AI, skilling, and research initiatives announced to boost education, innovation and workforce development.

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Vitrifi’s cloud technology transforms M&A in fibre broadband market

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Insight Vitrifi, an autonomic networking company, is changing how mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are managed in the fibre broadband industry. A smarter future for fibre broadband Our platform removes the biggest challenges in fibre broadband M&A, cutting integration times and unlocking faster returns.

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Lichfield tops UK broadband speed rankings 

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News In a new study by UK broadband comparison site Broadband Genie, the city of Lichfield in Staffordshire has been crowned the UK’s fastest for broadband in 2024. This is well below the minimum speeds typically associated with basic superfast broadband packages. According to the study, 18.7 Get tickets here!

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India to Allocate Satellite Broadband Spectrum, TRAI to Set Pricing: Report

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Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that spectrum for satellite broadband will be allocated rather than auctioned, contrary to the requests

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UK Government pledges £800M towards rural broadband upgrade

Telecoms Tech News

Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across rural Britain, long plagued by sluggish internet speeds, are set for a major connectivity upgrade as the UK Government pledges up to £800 million to modernise broadband infrastructure.

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Ofcom tackles broadband jargon confusion with new rules

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Ofcom’s new rules mandate that ISPs provide clearer information about their broadband services to consumers. Under the new guidelines, internet service providers (ISPs) must explicitly state the type of network underpinning their broadband offerings.

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OneWeb, Jio-SES JV get spectrum to test broadband satellite services

Developing Telecoms

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly allocated satellite spectrum on a provisional basis to Eutelsat OneWeb and Orbit Connect India – Reliance Jio’s satellite venture with SES – to allow them to test satellite broadband services.

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