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Rs 15,000 crore telecom project recommended for NE

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April 24, 2012 With connectivity being a major road block in North East’s development, the region is veering towards the Information Highway through an ambitious Rs 15,000 crore telecom sector revamp project. The idea is to nullify the geographical disadvantage and hostile terrain and take advantage of the information highway......
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PGCIL plans to tap additional power available in Jharkhand

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April 13, 2012 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has chalked out its strategy for evacuating and transferring surplus power being generated in Santhal Pargana region to power-starved Palamau and other eastern parts of Jharkhand. The power grid major of the country is going to make four sub-stations –......
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BSNL optical fibre order to turn around TN Tele

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April 9, 2012 Tamil Nadu Telecommunications Ltd is on a turnaround with a major order from BSNL. It is also in talk with other telecom companies to set up new plants to diversify its product line and also expand its existing facility in Maraimalai Nagar. The company will supply 3,206......
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Iceland-UK cable would be world’s longest power link

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April 13, 2012 Britain’s energy plans call for tapping Iceland’s geothermal resources in a move that could rekindle talk of creating a “supergrid” for electricity linking the continent, UK, North Africa and Iceland. But experts say the project is too expensive and technically challenging to be feasible in the foreseeable......
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Adani group to bid for power transmission projects

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May 16, 2012 Adani Group is gearing up to bid for power transmission line development projects. Traditionally, state-run Power Grid Corporation of India has been the developer of inter-state transmission lines and private companies would be contractors to them. But with the government opening up the sector to private developers,......
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New high-speed 15,000 km international link seamlessly connects African radio astronomers to Europe

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April 26, 2012 Radio astronomers in Africa and across the globe will benefit from faster collaboration through a dedicated, high speed 15,000 km network link between the pan-European GÉANT and African UbuntuNet Alliance educ ation networks. The 2Gbps point-to-point circuit will enable astronomers at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)......
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AP Govt seeks Rs 3,014-cr aid for power ‘feeder segregation project’

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April 23, 2012 The Andhra Pradesh government has requested the Centre to consider the feeder segregation project (FSP) as a rural-friendly project by providing financial assistance to the tune of Rs 3,014 crore, either under the National Electricity Fund or Restructured Rajiv Gandhi Grameena Vidyut Yojana (R-RGGCVY), so as to......
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BRICS-US cable project gains Chinese, South African support

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April 19, 2012 South African firms i3 Africa and Imphandze have received formal support from the governments of China and South Africa for a proposed 34,000 km submarine cable linking the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – to the US, it was announced at the......
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Alcatel-Lucent to build new undersea cable linking Tonga to the global digital community

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May 10, 2012 Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Tonga Cable Limited to deliver an undersea cable link between the Kingdom of Tonga and its neighbor Fiji, bringing to the Tongan islands broadband services such as streaming video and high-speed Internet access to residents and tourists alike. The 837-km link with......
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PGCIL to set up 7,240 circuit km high voltage lines in FY13

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April 10, 2012 Power Grid Corp of India Ltd (PGCIL) targets addition of 7,240 circuit km of extra high voltage transmission lines and 20,000 MVA transformation capacity in 2012-13. The company has also been given a target of energizing 1,100 villages and providing connections to two lakh Below Poverty Line......
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