New Delhi: Kerala has grow to be the primary and solely state in India to have its personal web service, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned on Thursday. According to a report by information company PTI, the announcement comes within the wake of an formidable IT infrastructure venture of the federal government, Kerala Fiber Optic Network Ltd (KFON), in a bid to make the web companies accessible to everybody within the southern state, receiving the Internet Service Provider (ISP) license from the Department of Telecommunications.
The chief minister mentioned that with this, the venture, envisaged to bridge the digital hole within the society, can begin its operations.
Taking to his Twitter deal with, CM Vijayan wrote, “Kerala becomes the only State in the country with its own internet service. The Kerala Fiber Optic Network Ltd has received the ISP license from @DoT_India. Now, our prestigious #KFON project can kickstart its operations of providing the internet as a basic right to our people.”
Kerala turns into the one State within the nation with its personal web service. The Kerala Fiber Optic Network Ltd has acquired the ISP license from @DoT_India. Now, our prestigious #KFON venture can kickstart its operations of offering web as a fundamental proper to our individuals. pic.twitter.com/stGPI4O1X6
— Pinarayi Vijayan (@pinarayivijayan) July 14, 2022
It is to be famous that the KFON scheme is ready to supply free web to BPL households and 30,000 authorities places of work, in keeping with the PTI report.
Notably, the earlier Left authorities in 2019 had declared web connection as a fundamental proper and launched the Rs 1,548-crore KFON venture.
