TRAI urges Govt to boost broadband growth

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...1852431000.htm

New Delhi, Sept. 17 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday urged the Government to take urgent policy measures to boost broadband growth in the country including asking BSNL and MTNL to adopt a franchisee model whereby local players can use their copper lines to offer high speed Internet services.

In a draft recommendation for broadband growth, TRAI has expressed concern that the Government has not taken a decision on a number of suggestions the regulator had made earlier includingallocating Wi-Max spectrum for wireless broadband services and making National Internet Exchange of India more effective.

“Only 0.47 million broadband subscribers have been added in first six months of 2007, which is far below the growth trend required to achieve broadband policy targets. This necessitated an analysis of regulatory & policy frameworks and to formulate new approach necessary for rapid rollout of broadband in the country,” the TRAI said.

At the end of March 2007, there are 40.57 million Internet users and just 2.34 million broadband subscribers. “Therefore the growth of Internet subscribers is satisfactory but we are seriously lagging behind on broadband front. The targets fixed for the Broadband Policy are unlikely to be achieved. There are critical issues inhibiting broadband expansion in urban as well as rural areas. They need to be addressed urgently to facilitate expansion of broadband services,” TRAI said.

TRAI has suggested that Government should increase the target fixed for BSNL and MTNL for provision of broadband connections in 2007-08. “The Government should ensure availability of more number of Ku band transponders to roll out broadband services through DTH platform and utilise Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund to provide subsidy for providing broadband services through satellite in remote and hilly areas,” TRAI said.


I hope the Govertment is listening to all of this.

[ravi_9793]

lets hope..Govt does something after this.

We Indian can hope only ...

[ax3]

hope ...... they take it SERIOUSLY ........

& v get whot v want .........

[entrana]

i hope we get great speeds at least prices, they shud make 1mbps minimum for everyone at rs 800

[alsiladka]

Man i just hope Dayanidhi was still there. He was a man with tecnical knowledge in his head. He did a great deal to get india to broadband!!

Bloody Politics!!!

[azzu]

HOPE HOPE HOPE HOPE never loose it

[mavihs]

You BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP government. Hopefully they'll listen after so many beep's.

[W i d e S c r e e N]

if the local loop is unbundled for the private operators we are in for some "treat"!

[goobimama]

Oh pleeeease! I will do anything for broadband!!!

[Harvik780]

EDIT: Posted Comments Have Been Removed

I apologize again.

[goobimama]

Oh so we are all pirates now are we? And who gives you the authority to judge us that way?

And what has girls got to do with this? Are they some kind of supreme species different from men? Last I heard, we were equal...

[Harvik780]

I apologize,but my comments make deep sense,there will not be any difference left between India and China after this happens.

Should I edit my previous post,after rereading it i feel i am being too rude.Its just that yesterday I was horrified by a person's comments on his use of Broadband.
I won't comment again on sensitive matters.

Edit: Previous Post Has Been Edited.

[gary4gar]

for me broadband is a mobile revolution waiting to happen
Does this translate into better service at cheap prices

[VexByte]

Originally Posted by gary4gar

for me broadband is a mobile revolution waiting to happen
Does this translate into better service at cheap prices

Same for me also. BUT, I think it'll take more time than what happened in mobiles.

[W i d e S c r e e N]

[max_demon]

^^ Very True

[infra_red_dude]

can someone look at bsnl unlimited users stuck at 256kbps??!

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

good news.... but lets see what really happens

@widescreen
that's funny !!

[The_Devil_Himself]

wait and watch guys broadband boom is gonna come soon(my guess right before commonwealth games).

[kumarmohit]

Originally Posted by infra_red_dude

can someone look at bsnl unlimited users stuck at 256kbps??!

And the MTNL too

[contactpraven2001]

no comment from my side i know what kind of indian gov. is

[agnels]

Still waiting for broadband in Goa.....reason... no equipments
Only if BSNL was privatised.......

[kumarmohit]

^^ It might have gone worse than Sify!

[din]

Boost or Horlicks

I am sill waiting for my broadband connection

[als2]

this is India nothing will change

[praka123]

bsnl atleast giving me access to BB(H500) otherwise still remote town like mine will be bw starved and stuck on dialup, isdn lines forever
ps:forgot asianet dataline also is here.but who wants?

[W i d e S c r e e N]

Originally Posted by als2

this is India nothing will change

While I would like to agree with you but the comments from Mittal of Airtel of how broadband is the next big thing, news clips of Reilance Ind. laying out fibre optic around, bsnl investing more in the matter makes me think otherwise.

[Harvik780]

PEOPLE CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN ME WITH ONE THING,WHAT IS A LAW?MORE SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS CYBER LAW?WHAT IS THE STATUS OF CYBER LAW IN INDIA?AND LAST QUESTION HOW CAN I LENGTHEN MY P3NIS WITH THE HELP OF BROADBAND?

I am just asking these questions out of curiosity.Please do not take my comments seriously.

[desai_amogh]

Originally Posted by agnels

Still waiting for broadband in Goa.....reason... no equipments
Only if BSNL was privatised.......

me too ... i stay in a village in goa.. where i b'live .. it wud take atleast 5 more years for bsnl to setup dataone ...
cud some one tell me how many connections(minimum) bsnl wud need to setup dataone bb in the telephone exchange i live...
btw ..where r u located in GOA?? im in Priol thts 26 km south from panaji ??
around Phonda ...any clues abt the bsnl datacard thingy ??

[Gigacore]

Man, US people are thinking of making Internet FREE in some of its populated cities... govt officials are demanding to make it so, coz they say it is a basic need... so now the basic needs are : Food, Clothing, Shelter & INTERNET...

read this in a news paper