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All Stories for Internet Connectivity
Assam signs an MoU with Google to spread internet connectivity to remote areas and promote digital literacy
Ians • 8 years agoGovernment would work to provide Internet connections to 26,000 villages and 1,500 tea garden areas under the MoU and thus increase digital literacy.
Darjeeling unrest: GJM activists demand restoration of internet connectivity as shutdown enters 33rd day
Ians • 8 years agoA group of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists on Monday demonstrated outside the District Magistrate's office in Darjeeling demanding access to internet.
Sarbananda Sonowal urges Centre to initiate action for broader internet connectivity in Assam
• 8 years agoAssam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has urged the Centre to initiate actions to set up a fibre (broadband) grid aimed at connecting every household with internet in the state.
Linksys By Cisco Announces Availability Of WAG160N
Fp Archives • 16 years agoWAG160N enables fast Internet connectivity, while supporting file sharing, wireless printing, and other resource sharing in a networked environment.
Digital India is facing challenges on many fronts, says Assocham-Deloitte report
Fp Archives • 8 years agoThe Centre's ambitious Digital India programme is facing multiple challenges in successful implementation due to lack of clarity in policies and infrastructural bottlenecks, according to a report.
Odisha government urges Centre to improve internet penetration and banking services
Fp Archives • 8 years agoThe Odisha government on Wednesday urged the Centre to improve telecom infrastructure, banking services and internet penetration in rural areas for cashless transactions and digital payments in the state.
'Internet connectivity still out of reach for 950 mn Indians': Assocham-Deloitte study
• 8 years agoIndia may have the world's second largest internet user base, but connectivity remains out of reach for nearly 950 million citizens, a report said today
Cyclone Vardah killed Chennai's internet, so our writer sent us a handwritten story
Sandhya Ravishankar • 8 years agoThe uprooted trees have bee removed, the arterial roads have been cleared, and work is on full swing two days after cyclone Vardah tore into Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts
Mozilla announces Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, for getting more people online
Fp Archives • 8 years agoFree-software community Mozilla on Tuesday announced the launch of its global "Equal Rating Innovation Challenge", inviting entrepreneurs, designers, researchers and innovators to propose creative and scalable ideas for connecting more people to the Internet.
57 percent of the global urban population lacks internet access: Study
Fp Archives • 9 years agoNearly 57 percent of the global urban population remains unconnected to broadband internet, with 37 percent living in some of the world's wealthiest cities, a study said on Monday.