USF connects 16.2m people, deploys 10,400km OFC in five years

Copyright protected content copied from PhoneWorld website. The Universal Service Fund (USF) has provided voice and broadband access to more than 16.2 million people living in 9,400-plus underserved and unserved mauzas during the last five fiscal years, while deploying over 10,400 kilometres of optic fibre cable (OFC) and connecting 947 unserved areas. According to a written reply submitted by…