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New Delhi: State-run BSNL will invest up to Rs 2,000 crore to augment its broadband infrastructure in urban and rural areas to aggressively capture subscribers.
"We’ll invest Rs 1,200-1,500 crore for expanding our broadband network in urban areas, while about Rs 500 crore would be invested in rural areas,” BSNL CMD A K Sinha said here, adding that BSNL is already in the process of launching triple play services over broadband in Pune and subsequently in Chennai and Bangalore.
BSNL will provide broadband up to 2 mbps at Rs 250 a month. The speed has been increased eight times, whereas the download has been increased by 2.5 times at almost half the cost. Under the new plan, all the existing 8.2 lakh customers are also being upgraded for the speed up to 2 mbps, depending upon technical feasibility.
With 2007 being declared the Year of Broadband, BSNL will add the 5 million port capacity to existing network of 1 million ports. BSNL at present has a market share of 44% in this segment. BSNL also holds the prime position as the largest internet service provider of the country. More than 1,000 cities and towns and 20,000 villages will come under the broadband map. Nearly 10,000 exchanges in urban areas and 20,000 exchanges in rural areas would be broadband enabled.
The telecom major would start an online gaming service very shortly under two categories — standard and premium packages with monthly fixed charges of Rs 100 and Rs 200, respectively.
New Delhi: State-run BSNL will invest up to Rs 2,000 crore to augment its broadband infrastructure in urban and rural areas to aggressively capture subscribers.
"We’ll invest Rs 1,200-1,500 crore for expanding our broadband network in urban areas, while about Rs 500 crore would be invested in rural areas,” BSNL CMD A K Sinha said here, adding that BSNL is already in the process of launching triple play services over broadband in Pune and subsequently in Chennai and Bangalore.
BSNL will provide broadband up to 2 mbps at Rs 250 a month. The speed has been increased eight times, whereas the download has been increased by 2.5 times at almost half the cost. Under the new plan, all the existing 8.2 lakh customers are also being upgraded for the speed up to 2 mbps, depending upon technical feasibility.
With 2007 being declared the Year of Broadband, BSNL will add the 5 million port capacity to existing network of 1 million ports. BSNL at present has a market share of 44% in this segment. BSNL also holds the prime position as the largest internet service provider of the country. More than 1,000 cities and towns and 20,000 villages will come under the broadband map. Nearly 10,000 exchanges in urban areas and 20,000 exchanges in rural areas would be broadband enabled.
The telecom major would start an online gaming service very shortly under two categories — standard and premium packages with monthly fixed charges of Rs 100 and Rs 200, respectively.
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Presently (BSNL) my provider is offering 256kb/sec speed but it never match that number. I think it is somewhere between 20-100kb/sec. compare broadband sites also showing upto 10 mb/sec speed.
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