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Government to Invite Bids for Broadband in Rural Areas

The government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country. For this service the providers will get subsidy from the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund.

The government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country. For this service the providers will get subsidy from the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund. The Department of Telecommunications will soon come out with a tender for rural wireless broadband through the USO fund by the end of the month. This particular project is aiming to cover 60,000 villages.

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