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Herald
“Seven states have offered to come up with state or SPV (special purpose vehicle) run model. Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have already been talking about it,” Prasad said after meeting with state IT ministers and principal secretaries.
“Under BharatNet, broadband availability will be 99.9 percent compared to about 96 per provisioned under NOFN. This means broadband service can be down only for 9 hours in a year compared to 350 hours under NOFN,” the Department of Telecom Joint Secretary V Umashankar said.
The BharatNet project proposes broadband connectivity to households under village panchayats and even to government institutions at district level.
“If we are able to create 100 users at each panchayat level, then it will enhance GDP by about Rs. 66,500 crore,” Umashankar said.
“Under BharatNet, broadband availability will be 99.9 percent compared to about 96 per provisioned under NOFN. This means broadband service can be down only for 9 hours in a year compared to 350 hours under NOFN,” the Department of Telecom Joint Secretary V Umashankar said.
The BharatNet project proposes broadband connectivity to households under village panchayats and even to government institutions at district level.
“If we are able to create 100 users at each panchayat level, then it will enhance GDP by about Rs. 66,500 crore,” Umashankar said.