K-FON set to boost Kerala’s Safe Digital Transactions

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          The full form of K-FON is ‘Kerala Fiber Optic Network’. K-FON is an ambitious project of Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. K-FON is a high-speed broadband service from Kerala Government.

          The groundwork

is going on full speed and K-FON will go live by December 2020.

The Rs 1,000 crore project was announced around two years ago with a December 2020 deadline. As the elections are due in 2021, K-FON has to go live in 2020 to showcase its benefits to the people.

Shri Pinarayi Vijayan informed that despite the delay due to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, CMD of Consortium leader BEL, MV Gautam has promised that the project will be completed by December 2020.

 The project was first mentioned in the Left Front’s manifesto in 2016.

The main goal of K-FON is to provide limited free high-speed internet to poor and at affordable rates to others.

At the same time, it  will also provide revenue to Kerala State Electricity Board, whose joint venture with Kerala State IT Infrastructure Ltd will own and operate the service.

Shri  Vijayan said the service will play a crucial role in the future as, in the post-COVID-19 economy, more and more services, particularly education and healthcare will have to be delivered using the internet.

“It will be the most powerful internet service in Kerala and will help smooth the transition to the knowledge economy,” he said.

The first phase of the project involved connecting aa 220 KV, 119 KV avd 55 KV substations of KSEB to an optical fiber cable network, which is in progress.

In the second phase, connections will be provided by stringing cables on power lines.

 

          Key Highlights: -

 The CM of Kerala during the announcement regarding the project mentioned that Kerala is the first state that has declared the internet as a fundamental right to its citizens.

The consortium for the project comprises of public sector companies, Railtel and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and private companies such as LS Cables and SRIT.

About K-FON Project: The project has been implemented by Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited and Kerala State Electricity Board.

While noting that the importance and relevance of the internet will grow in the post-COVID-19 scenario, the CM added that the use of the internet in sectors such as banking and education will greatly increase.

He informed that K-FON will provide major support to the government’s efforts to develop Kerala as the world’s leading educational, industrial, and tourism destination.

 


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