Here is the good news for those who are suffering from the sullen networks as the Government has decide to provide an excellent mobile connectivity to the uncovered rural areas across the country by the 2018. Indeed, it is a good decision that has been taken by the Indian Government for the villagers in the right way. According to a Communications Ministry official as part of the Digital India programme, 55,669 villages that do not have mobile coverage till now will be connected during 2014-18. Recently, under the NOFN project, the government has laid Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) in 23,604 gram panchayats till July to provide high speed broadband connectivity, while, as part of the project, all the 2.5 lakh gram panchayats will be connected by 2016 end.
Moreover, the project of mobile service connectivity has been positioned under the Digital India programme that will be released within the next three years. "Providing high speed internet and mobile connectivity across the country, providing government services online, promoting electronic manufacturing and creating jobs for youth are some of the priorities of government under Digital India programme. All these initiatives are underway with defined timelines," Communications Ministry officially added.
The project of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) was considered in back 2011, whereas, the deadline to connect all panchayats was fixed by the end of 2013 which was then deferred to September 2015 by the UPA government. The NDA government has revised the timeline of the project and also changed the name of the project, named as BharatNet. To increase the mobility of the work, a committee was constituted to under former IT Secretary J Satyanarayana to suggest alternatives for faster implementation.
