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Headline : An Indian state is offering free hi-speed internet to 2 million of its poor

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Fourteen thousand poor households and 30,000 government offices of the southern Indian state of Kerala today (June 5) were provided with high-speed internet. But the aim is higher.

The state’s new service, called Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON), is the first such in India and aims to uplink its 35 million citizens, especially 2 million of those considered poor. Launching the project in 2019, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s government declared access to the internet a basic right.

When completed, it will function on 35,000 kilometres of optical fibre network across Kerala’s 14 districts.

“The introduction of the KFON project will propel Kerala’s internet revolution to unprecedented heights, fostering further advancements in the state,” Dr Santhosh Babu, a retired managing director of KFON, told Mathrubhumi newspaper.

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