Reliance Jio on Monday said it will offer free broadband service to new customers and doubled data limit for all existing customers to support work from home in fight against coronavirus. The company has also doubled data limits for top-up voucher and bundle-free calling minutes to non-Jio networks in these vouchers. “To ensure that everyone […] The post Reliance Jio offering free broadband data! appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

Industry associations COAI, ISPAI and VNOAI have submitted a joint proposal to the telecom department for providing seamless and interoperable internet and broadband services through public Wi-Fi hotspots, the Parliament was informed The post 3 industry bodies submit proposal for seamless broadband services via public Wi-Fi appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

Cisco’s latest Broadband Index reveals people value access to the internet more than ever before. According to the global survey of almost 60,000 workers across 30 countries about their home broadband access, quality and usage, economic and societal growth will not happen without universal access to fast and reliable internet. Hybrid Work Depends on Quality […] The post Cisco Study: Workers demanding universal access to high-performance broadband to succeed with hybrid work appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

Closing the digital divide in underserved rural markets represents a clear challenge and opportunity for internet service providers (ISPs) The post How Rural Broadband Carriers Are Closing the Digital Divide appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

In a much awaited detailed interaction, Manoj Mishra, Secretary, Department of Electronics & IT, Government of Odisha talks about how emerging technologies are changing the digital landscape in Odisha and how the state is investing big in IT R&D. He informs that Odisha will have a separate and focused policy document on ESDM, BPO and data centre/parks in Odisha in 2021. The government is dishing out fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to new investors that are linked to both employment and investments. The post Odisha experiments with blockchain in Paddy Procurement Automation System and ..read more

Giving a new fillip to the Digital India vision Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that every village in the country will be connected by the optical fibre cable (OFC) in the next 1,000 days, nearly 3 years The post Renewed Digital India push: PM assures OFC to each village in 3 years appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

India is considering a proposal to reduce the license fee for fixed-line broadband services to households, a move that would boost access and lower cost for internet service in Asia’s third-largest economy. Under the proposed plan, license fee on the so-called adjusted gross revenue earned from households for providing fixed-line broadband services will be slashed […] The post India plans to reduce license fee for household broadband appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

Fixed broadband mean download speed in India declined from 39.65 Mbps in February to 35.98Mbps in March, mean mobile download speed dropped by 1.68 Mbps during the same time period The post Notable decline in mean fixed broadband speed in India in March: Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

State-run telecom firm MTNL will offer double data in all broadband plans of landline and mobile for a month to encourage work from home for people in the wake of rising cases of coronavirus in the country. “MTNL has doubled free data in all the broadband plans of landline as well as mobile for one […] The post MTNL’s special work from home offer: Double data in all broadband plans of landline, mobile appeared first on Express Computer ..read more

In a direct challenge to JioFiber, telecom major Bharti Airtel has launched its ultra-fast broadband offering, Airtel Xstream Fibre, at Rs 3,999 The post After Jiofiber, Airtel Launches 1Gbps broadband plan appeared first on Express Computer ..read more