Broadband in India gets a boost from Maran

November 28, 2006 · Filed Under Broadband, Telecom 

Broadband in IndiaAfter shaping the Indian Mobile phone industry, IT Minister Mr. Dayanidhi Maran has set his sight on the state of broadband in India. During the opening of Ericsson R&D center in Chennai, Mr Maran said,

“Goodbye 256 KBPs. The public sector telecom companies, BSNL and MTNL, are working towards proactive pricing of broadband throughout the country.”

He also spoke of unlimited broadband and quickly added, that’s all he is allowed to say at the moment. Maran said that the year 2007 will see the Indian telecom companies achieving new landmarkrs like 250 Million phone connections and deployment of low cost WiMax. Alcatel and state owned telecom research firm C-DOT are working in a joint venture on WiMax technologies.

Mr. Maran has a terrific track record as IT Minister. He functions more like a CEO and was instrumental in getting the Nokia manufacturing facility setup near Chennai. This Nokia plant which shipped its 20 Millionth handset few weeks ago produces 40 million phones a year and the overall cost of operations is 11% cheaper than in China. Delayed but not denied, Mr. Maran is all set and determined to change the face of Indian Broadband industry in 2007.

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4 Responses to “Broadband in India gets a boost from Maran”

  1. SuggestionBoy on November 29th, 2006 8:53 pm

    If you and Maran are so bullish about the telecom sector, can you suggest some telecom stocks. What do you think of Bharti Enterprises itself.
    Thanks.

  2. akshay on December 12th, 2006 12:17 pm

    are u sure abt it…….i hope its true man
    this BSNL borad 256 is really slow on weekdays these days i dont know why as its was really fast in the last month this problem started this month

  3. » 2007 - Year of Broadband for Indians :: Broadband in India :: on December 15th, 2006 5:50 pm

    [...] IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran who last week had hinted about boosting broadband intertent in India has made a public announcement at India Telecom 2006 that BSNL will kiss goodbye to 256 KBPs very soon and will move towards broadband internet at 1 MBPs. Well that’s a slightly over optimistic promise but if delivered, hats off to him. Indians (Bangaloreans) had access to 64 KBPs unlimited internet in 2001 which got bumped to 128 KBPs in 2003 and  is currently 256-384 KBPs in most parts. So looking at this advancement, I am a bit skeptical about 1 MBPs unlimited pipe, but 512 KBPs by end of 2007 is certainly doable. [...]

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