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Kerala launches KFON to offer high-speed internet connectivity for all households in state

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Kerala is the only state in the country which has made the right to access the internet a basic right.

"The state is now providing basic infrastructure to take high-speed internet to all people,” Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said. (File)

By: Express News Service

2 min readThiruvananthapuramJun 6, 2023 10:17 AM IST First published on: Jun 6, 2023 at 10:17 AM IST

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Monday launched the ambitious Kerala Fibre Optical Network (KFON), which is envisaged to provide high-speed internet connectivity for all households in the state.

Dedicating the project to the state, CM Vijayan said that Kerala is the only state in the country which has made the right to access the internet a basic right. “The state is implementing KFON to ensure that the internet as a basic right does not remain on paper.

The state is now providing basic infrastructure to take high-speed internet to all people,” he said.

Vijayan said that as part of the project, KFON connection has been given to 17,412 government offices and 2,105 households. A cable network has already been laid to ensure connection for 9,000 houses.