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Ria Lakshman April 20th, 2015 7:15 AM 3 COMMENTS

Make Wireless Planning and Coordination an independent body, says TRAI in its recommendations to improve broadband delivery

TRAI has released recommendations to better the current stature of broadband delivery in the country. The recommendations are based on the responses it received from the stakeholders for its consultation paper, which was published on 24th September 2014. An open house discussion too was held on this regard. According to the paper, India exhibits a really slow penetration of broadband, with only 1.2 per 100 inhabitants having access to fixed... Read More

Sanjay March 12th, 2014 6:19 PM 17 COMMENTS

Exclusive : BSNL to Hike Broadband Modem Rentals from 1 April (Basic and WiFi)

India’s largest state-owned Broadband service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has decided to increase the Monthly Rental Charges for Broadband Modem (basic and WiFi) from 1 April across the country. According to our exclusive source, The fixed monthly charge for ADSL Broadband Modem (When Modem is taken on Rental Basis from BSNL) will be increased by Rs.20 to Rs.30 (basic and WiFi - ADSL / VDSL) for all new... Read More

Sanjay March 1st, 2014 3:08 PM 36 COMMENTS

BSNL Hikes Broadband Tariff in 7 Limited Usage Pan-India Plans

India’s largest broadband service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today increased broadband monthly rental in its limited usage plans across all circles. The fixed monthly charge for limited usage broadband plans has been increased however there will be no changes in Unlimited Broadband plans. The monthly rental will be increase between Rs.24 and Rs.350 depending on the tariff plans. BSNL has revises fixed monthly Charges (FMC) for existing 7... Read More

Sanjay February 19th, 2014 5:19 PM 9 COMMENTS

Govt Mulling Open WiFi Hotspots Across 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats to Bridging the Digital Divide

In a bid to bridging the digital divide, Government of India is now looking to set- up high-speed wireless Internet hotspots using WiFi technology across 2,50,000 village - Gram Panchayats, expanding the scope of the ongoing national optical fibre roll out project. Chairman Telecom Commission and Secretary DoT, Mr. M.F. Farooqui said today that an affordable broadband, relevant content and enabling regulations are required to foster the broadband transformation. Farooqui... Read More

Sanjay February 15th, 2014 9:24 PM 59 COMMENTS

BSNL To Increase Broadband Speed by March Across Major Cities

India's National telecom backbone and largest broadband service provider BSNL today said that its Broadband customers will be able to experience enhanced broadband speed in cities across India by March end. BSNL Chairman and Managing Director RK Upadhyay said that "We are about to finish Phase 1 of exchange modernization project using next generation technology from Huawei by March this year." "After this transformation, BSNL customers will be able to... Read More

Srikapardhi December 26th, 2013 4:16 PM 58 COMMENTS

TRAI Classifies Minimum Broadband Speed As 512kbps

India's telecom regulator TRAI issued an guideline, making it mandatory for every Broadband service provider ( Wireline - ISPs) to offer minimum download speed 512 Kbps as "broadband' and reports the number of broadband subscribers in accordance with the revised definition i.e. greater than 512 Kbps. Earlier The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued a Notification on revising the definition of Broadband as ‘Broadband is a data / Internet connection that... Read More

Sanjay November 12th, 2013 6:03 PM 40 COMMENTS

MTNL Redefines Broadband Speed, Launches 11 New Plans With 1Mbps to 8Mbps Speed

Mumbai’s largest Broadband Service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today redefined its Broadband service and increases the minimum speed of Broadband to 1Mbps from exiting 512 Kbps with the launch of new Broadband Plans with 1Mbps, 2Mbps and 8Mbps speed segment. Now all new customers subscribing MTNL Broadband ADSL service in Mumbai will get minimum 1Mbps downloading speed and more across all plans. Also all the existing customers with... Read More

Sanjay November 12th, 2013 2:46 PM 28 COMMENTS

Exclusive : MTNL to Say Bye Bye 512Kbps Speed, Hello to Minimum 1Mbps Speed and More on Broadband for All

Finally here is a great news for Broadband Subscribers in Mumbai, India’s third largest Broadband Service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) all set to Say Bye Bye to 512 Kbps speed on Broadband. TelecomTalk’s exclusive sources confirms that MTNL is going to upgrade the speed of all its existing Unlimited Broadband plans (512Kbps) to a minimum of 1Mbps, without any additional cost in Mumbai circles. Currently, existing MTNL Broadband... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 14th, 2011 12:23 AM 21 COMMENTS

Introducing Another Internet Service Provider – Spectranet

While broadband penetration in India is still below the expectation, and BSNL is the only true pan India broadband service provider with widest coverage we like to introduce a little known ISP Spectranet which is offering cable & wireless broadband and WiFi services in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad & Chandigarh and is extending its footprint to many more cities across India. Spectranet was rolled out in 2000 but... Read More