{
  "id": 11443648,
  "title": "Sachin Yadav assumes charge as KFON MD",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/sachin-yadav-assumes-charge-as-kfon-md",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:52:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sachin-yadav-assumes-charge-as-kfon-md/article71537067.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Friday, October 2, 2026, Sachin Kumar Yadav took on the role of Managing Director for Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON). Currently serving as Director of Kerala State IT Mission, Yadav is also serving as an interim CEO for Technopark and Director of the Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre (KSRSEC). KFON has recently reached a significant milestone of 2,00,073 connections, which include households, government offices, institutions, businesses, and free connections provided to Below the Poverty Line (BPL) families. The company's fibre network spans over 34,505 kilometers and is supported by approximately 3,800 Local Network Providers (LNPs).",
  "summary": "KFON has crossed a milestone of two lakh connections.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}