The process to provide Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON) Internet connections for the general public has begun with the first set of connections expected to be activated this week.
Ever since its launch in June, with free connections to below poverty line families in the first phase, around 44,000 applications have been received from the general public.
Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL), the agency implementing the KFON project, is in the process of empanelling last-mile network providers, who are mostly local operators contracted to provide the connections from KFON’s Points of Presence (POPs) or the end points in the KFON network in each area to the respective households.
