In a move that could serve as a major set-back to India’s target of 20 million broadband subscribers by 2010, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently proposed that the Government should redefine broadband services making it mandatory for operators to offer at least 2Mbps speed – up from the current 256 Kbps.
Sure, 256 [...]
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Broadband services continue to be in high demand, attracting millions of new subscribers worldwide each month, reports In-Stat.
Over the past 12 months, approximately 80 million new broadband subscribers signed up for high-speed access to the Internet, the high-tech market research firm says. In terms of broadband access technologies, digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies continue to [...]
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Sweden and The Netherlands have the best performing broadband Internet connections in Europe according to a study carried out by the Universities of Oxford and Oviedo.
Japan was the global leader by a large margin in the study, with the United States and Russia ranked 16th and 17th, ahead of Bulgaria but trailing Finland. Surprisingly, Latvia [...]
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Total Broadband subscribers base has reached 4.38 million by the end of June 2008 as compared to 4.15 million by the end of May 2008, a growth of 5.5% according to Trai.
This also represents a growth of 74% over the subscribers numbering 2.52 million on June 2007.
Broadband is still described as speeds in excess [...]
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According to figures released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the number of broadband connections in the country has grown by 69 per cent at 4.15 million in May 2008, as compared to 2.46 million recorded a year ago. TRAI defines broadband as internet speed equal or greater than 256 Kbps download. [Via]
It will still [...]
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WiMax, generally considered to be Wi-Fi on steroids since it can provide broadband wireless access (BWA) up to 30 miles (50 km) for fixed stations, and 3-10 miles (5-15 km) for mobile stations, compared to the 100-300 feet for Wi-fi/802.11, is making its presence felt in India, albeit with a whimper as this article states.
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According to the estimates prepared by CASBAA, India will require about $12-15 billion investments to upgrade its analogue cable set to digital.
Currently, there are about 71 million cable homes in the country out of a total of about 130 million television homes. But only about 6 per cent cable homes are digital, according to CASBAA [...]
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to raise the minimum speed for a broadband connection to 2 Mbps from the present 256 Kbps, always-on access.
The broadband policy of 2004 defines a broadband connection as an always-on internet access with a minimum speed of 256 Kbps from the point-of-presence (POP) of service provider [...]
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