Kerala becomes first state to have own internet service

Kerala is now the first and only state in the nation to have its own internet service, according to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who made the announcement on Thursday.

The declaration followed the Department of Telecommunications’ granting of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) licence to the ambitious IT infrastructure project of the Kerala Fiber Optic Network Ltd, which aims to provide everyone in the state with access to the internet. With this, the effort intended to close the digital divide in society can get going, according to the CM.

“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,” Vijayan tweeted.

The KFON programme is designed to give BPL families and 30,000 government workplaces free internet access.

2019 saw the commencement of the Rs 1,548 crore KFON project and the declaration of internet access as a fundamental right by the previous Left administration.

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