98% Karnataka villages have high-speed internet

BENGALURU: With only 2% of its villages yet to be covered by high-speed internet (3G and above), Karnataka is among the best performing states as far as rural internet connectivity goes. Nationally, 94% of villages have been covered by high-speed internet, and 98% in Karnataka.

Among the 14 big states, Punjab, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu are placed better than Karnataka, while Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi and Rajasthan, among others, are trailing, data from the ministry of communications and IT shows. Nationally, of the 5.9 lakh census villages that are inhabited, 37,439 villages are yet to get highspeed internet.