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Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has highlighted the “scary” part of Artificial Intelligence (AI), noting that a multi-pronged approach is needed to ensure cybersecurity in society.Addressing the…

The government will invest a total of $13 billion (roughly Rs 1.5 lakh crore) in BharatNet over the years to expand the footprint of the rural internet connectivity scheme to every village, union minister for electronics and information…

Bangalore based deep-tech startup Astrome on Monday said it had deployed the first indigenously developed E-band radio to provide affordable internet connectivity in rural parts of Karnataka. The GigaMesh, which uses millimetre wave radio…

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has proposed not to monetise rural broadband network infrastructure built under Bharatnet project and plans to replace it with alternative assets to achieve its target fixed under the National…

Chennai: The accelerated roll out of BharatNet into remote regions, the advent of 5G services, adoption of cloud services and a central push toward an inclusive Internet would erase disparities in the Indian digital ecosystem and enable a…

It has been over two decades since the cabinet cleared the BharatNet project, earlier known as National Optical Fibre Network. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters However, progress of the programme has been slow. While the government had…

Union Budget 2022 had plenty to offer for the Indian telecom sector, with primary focus on 5G spectrum roll out, bringing schemes for indegenous manufacturing in the 5G ecosystem, and pushing fibre-based broadband in rural parts of the…

The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will facilitate the roll-out of 5G services by private telecom operators during the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamansaid on Tuesday. "Spectrum…