Broadband subscribers in India below expectation
At the end of quarter ending June-2007, India has mere 2.52 million broadband subscribers [256 Kbps speed, it hasn't changed yet 
] A QoQ growth of just 8%. If we grow at this pace [8% QoQ growth] then we will have mere 10.06 million by 2010 half way through DoT’s Broadband Policy – 2004 target of 20 million broadband subscribers by 2010. If the QoQ growth is @ 10% then we will have 14.01 million subscribers by 2010.
Of the current 2.52 million, Bharti Airtel broadband has 0.63 milllion and Reliance Broadband around 0.7 million. BSNL and Tata indicom/VSNL together are expected to have another 1 million and leaving the rest to other smaller ISPs.
I would say mere 20 million by 2010 is not an ambitious target and India needs to have atleast 50 million broadband subscribers [with speed of atleast 512 Kbps] assuming we will have 500 million phone [Wireless / Wireline] subscribers. The need of the hour is to take aggressive measures as recommended by ASSOCHAM and an action like that of Reliance Communications to provide WiMax broadband in Bangalore and Pune.
Internet subscribers in India at the end of 2006 [PDF]
Tags: Broadband India, Internet India, Web India, WiMax India
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