Kerala Becomes First State To Have Its Own Internet Service In Country

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday announced the state has now become the first in the country to have its own internet service.

The announcement came in the wake of the Kerala Fibre Optic Network Ltd (KFON) getting a license as an Internet service provider (ISP) from the Department of Telecommunications.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Vijayan said, ''"Kerala becomes the only State in the country with its own internet service. The Kerala Fiber Optic Network Ltd has received the ISP license from @DoT_India. Now, our prestigious #KFON project can kickstart its operations of providing the internet as a basic right to our people."

As per reports, the KFON scheme is envisaged to provide free internet to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and 30,000 government offices.

In 2019, the previous Left government declared internet connection as a basic right and launched the Rs 1,548-crore KFON project.

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