{"id":111802,"date":"2022-07-20T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T06:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=111802"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T08:30:38","slug":"kerala-becomes-first-state-to-have-its-own-internet-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/kerala-becomes-first-state-to-have-its-own-internet-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala becomes first state to have its own internet service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON)&nbsp;has&nbsp;received the Internet Service Provider (ISP) license from the Department of Telecommunications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this, Kerala has become&nbsp;the first and only state in the country&nbsp;to have its own internet service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KFON is envisaged to&nbsp;provide free internet to BPL families&nbsp;and 30,000 government offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous Left government had declared internet connection as a basic right and launched the Rs 1,548-crore&nbsp;KFON project in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON)&nbsp;has&nbsp;received the Internet Service Provider (ISP) license from the Department of Telecommunications. With this, Kerala has become&nbsp;the first and only state in the country&nbsp;to have its own internet service. The KFON is envisaged to&nbsp;provide free internet to BPL families&nbsp;and 30,000 government offices. 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