CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The first publicly available internet service in India was launched by state-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) on 15 August 1995.

Detailed explanation-2: -The First Commercial Internet Service Provider The first commercial ISP was called “The World.” It was a slow dial-up, but it generated a wide consumer base in just the first two years. In 1991, the NSF lifted the ban on commercial ISPs when they saw that The World had opened up the floodgates.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1989, the first Internet service providers, companies offering the public direct access to the Internet for a monthly fee, were established in Australia and the United States. In Brookline, Massachusetts, The World became the first commercial ISP in the US. Its first customer was served in November 1989.

Detailed explanation-4: -"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.