79,924 panchayats have broadband connections
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79,924 panchayats have broadband connections
New Delhi: As many as 79,924 panchayats (village councils) in India had broadband connectivity by February this year, says the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Data on the DoT website shows the numbers have been achieved against the target of providing all 242,279 panchayats with broadband connectivity by May 2012. With 182.88 million rural subscribers in January, the rural tele-density stood at 22.18 percent. As many as 564,225 villages had public telephones by January and the number for rural broadband connections stood at 462,168 in February. India had 601.02 million telecom subscribers in February and the tele-density for the month stood at 51.08 percent, according to the DoT.
Source: IANS
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