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Tag: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Will take structured view on net neutrality: Ravi Shankar Prasad
INDIA

Will take structured view on net neutrality: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Asserting the government's stand on non-discriminatory access to internet, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said the issue of net neutrality is being debated by Trai and its report is awaited, following which a final view will be taken. "The issue of net neutrality is being debated by the Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) and we have to await the Trai report. Thereafter, the government will take its structured view," Prasad told reporters here. Amid a raging debate on providing equal internet access to all, the government had last year set up an expert panel to look into the issues of net neutrality. Net neutrality implies that equal treatment be accorded to all internet traffic and no priority be given to an entity or company based on payment to content o...
India may have 50 crore Internet subscribers next year: Prasad
INDIA

India may have 50 crore Internet subscribers next year: Prasad

New Delhi, (PTI) - Telecom Minister of India Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Internet subscribers may reach the 50 crore mark in the country next year. "India currently has 40 crore Internet subscribers. Earlier, I have said about the target to reach 50 crore users in two years but now it looks that the 50 crore mark is likely to be achieved next year," Prasad said during a discussion on "Integration of SC/ST entrepreneurs: Digital and Skill India" here. Speaking about the Digital India programme, he said the government will connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with optic fibre in coming years. He also spoke on the concept of digital village, where one block in every state will be selected to ensure that technology can be used to deliver education and healthcare services. Under digi...
BSNL Revenue : Rs 672-crore operating profit in 2014-15, first Net profit by 2018
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BSNL Revenue : Rs 672-crore operating profit in 2014-15, first Net profit by 2018

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, an Indian state-owned telecommunications company is back on track for recovery with Rs 672-crore operating profit in 2014-15 and is likely to report the first net profit in the last nine years within 2018, communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The company’s income from services grew 4.16% to 27,242 crore in 2014-15, the highest in the last five years. The company has registered an impressive growth in mobile connections in recent months — It went up from 900,000 in May this year to 1.6 million in July. It has also adopted mobile number portability (MNP) from July 2015, and has since then added 1,57,564 subscribers. “We are confident of achieving the target of becoming cash positive by 2018 and all 225,000 employees are committed to achie...