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Rs 1,500 crore K-FON free internet project to be rolled out by December: CM

Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (UNI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday announced that the Rs 1,500 crores Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project aiming to provide free internet connectivity to the poor and to the others at an affordable rate will be rolled out by December.
The Chief Minister said a decision in this regard was taken at a meeting with the head of companies of the consortium executing the project, today.
"The consortium consists of public sector companies, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Railtel, and private companies such as SRIT and LS Cables. A joint venture between Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited and KSEB are implementing the K-FON project. Optical fibre cables are being laid using KSEB posts to give connection to customers," the CM said while addressing a press conference at the Government Secretariat this evening.
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