Andhra Pradesh To Top In Broadband Connectivity

The Hindu (Via Digital Opportunity Channel): In just two months, each of the 12 municipalities, 37 mandals, 705 gram panchayats and 1,200 revenue villages in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh will boast of broadband connectivity, with optical fibre cables (OFC) carrying voice, data and video signals at high speeds.
The chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Pradeep Baijal, visited this village. He said Andhra Pradesh was poised to be number one in broadband connectivity, offering speeds of 10 gigabytes per second (gbps) up to each of the 24 district headquarters, 1 gbps up to 1,127 mandal headquarters and 100 mbps up to village level.
The Rs 394-crore Aksh Broadband Project has as stakeholder, the Andhra Pradesh Technology Services (APTS), which invested Rs 25 crore. It envisages laying of one lakh kilometres of OFC, connecting 22,000 villages, including 40,000 Government offices, apart from every other user.

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