Union minister: Internet to go full speed from January
Rajesh Chandramouli | Times News Network
28th Nov 2006
Chennai: Are you tired of just 256 kpbs and annoyed with your service provider for not upgrading to give you higher speeds? Well, wait till January. For, the government is planning to 're-write' broadband speed to make it unlimited.
Union IT and communications minister Dayanidhi Maran said that 2007 will be the year of broadband Internet.
"Next year will be very interesting. There will be tremendous activity on the broadband front. State-owned MTNL and BSNL are readying provocative pricing for Internet at unlimited speed. The present 256 kbps will be a thing of the past. Users will be in for a pleasant surprise. We are opening up superhighway to cyberspace," Maran said while inaugurating Ericsson's R&D centre.
The minister said the country was adding a meagre 5.5 million personal computers a year as against six million mobile connections a month. "We are working out schemes to increase PC penetration in the country," he said.
The details of the plans will be announced by MTNL and BSNL separately in the next few weeks.
The Union government's target of 250 million mobile phones by 2007 is sure to meet its destiny.
"At the present growth rates, we will achieve that by the third quarter of next year," he said and added that the country as of October had 176 million mobile phones.
"We now want to set 500 million as the target by 2010. That would mean 47% coverage and one in four people having a mobile phone. All these are happening in the telecom front because of lowering international long distance (ILD) prices and reducing the license fee for National Long distance (STD). The government is also welcoming the move by cellular operators to share towers. A single antenna for all operators in a locality will only lower the costs further," Maran said.
The universal services obligation fund (USO) will also become active in deploying connectivity in rural areas. The government hopes to cover 2.50 lakh remote villages across the country, even if it has only one household under this scheme.
Mats Granryd, managing director, Ericsson India said that the R&D centre in Chennai will work on cutting edge charging and multimedia solutions besides value added services.
ISD bandwidth prices to drop
Times News Network
New Delhi: International long distance (ILD/ISD) bandwidth pricing is set for a dramatic makeover. Telecom minister, Dayanidhi Maran has directed DoT to accept Trai’s recommendations on ‘Measures to Promote Competition for International Bandwidth in India’, a move set to permanently alter ILD costs and competitive landscape. Simply put, this permits the resale of international bandwidth, which telecom analysts say will alter the balance of power between incumbent VSNL and other service providers as well as boost the competitiveness of the ISP, enterprise and IT segments. Responding to minister’s directive, DoT has asked Trai to forward appropriate guidelines enabling the amendment of the ILD licenses Section 2.2 (a) and (b).
Chennai: Are you tired of just 256 kpbs and annoyed with your service provider for not upgrading to give you higher speeds? Well, wait till January. For, the government is planning to 're-write' broadband speed to make it unlimited.
Union IT and communications minister Dayanidhi Maran said that 2007 will be the year of broadband Internet.
"Next year will be very interesting. There will be tremendous activity on the broadband front. State-owned MTNL and BSNL are readying provocative pricing for Internet at unlimited speed. The present 256 kbps will be a thing of the past. Users will be in for a pleasant surprise. We are opening up superhighway to cyberspace," Maran said while inaugurating Ericsson's R&D centre.
The minister said the country was adding a meagre 5.5 million personal computers a year as against six million mobile connections a month. "We are working out schemes to increase PC penetration in the country," he said.
The details of the plans will be announced by MTNL and BSNL separately in the next few weeks.
The Union government's target of 250 million mobile phones by 2007 is sure to meet its destiny.
"At the present growth rates, we will achieve that by the third quarter of next year," he said and added that the country as of October had 176 million mobile phones.
"We now want to set 500 million as the target by 2010. That would mean 47% coverage and one in four people having a mobile phone. All these are happening in the telecom front because of lowering international long distance (ILD) prices and reducing the license fee for National Long distance (STD). The government is also welcoming the move by cellular operators to share towers. A single antenna for all operators in a locality will only lower the costs further," Maran said.
The universal services obligation fund (USO) will also become active in deploying connectivity in rural areas. The government hopes to cover 2.50 lakh remote villages across the country, even if it has only one household under this scheme.
Mats Granryd, managing director, Ericsson India said that the R&D centre in Chennai will work on cutting edge charging and multimedia solutions besides value added services.
ISD bandwidth prices to drop
Times News Network
New Delhi: International long distance (ILD/ISD) bandwidth pricing is set for a dramatic makeover. Telecom minister, Dayanidhi Maran has directed DoT to accept Trai’s recommendations on ‘Measures to Promote Competition for International Bandwidth in India’, a move set to permanently alter ILD costs and competitive landscape. Simply put, this permits the resale of international bandwidth, which telecom analysts say will alter the balance of power between incumbent VSNL and other service providers as well as boost the competitiveness of the ISP, enterprise and IT segments. Responding to minister’s directive, DoT has asked Trai to forward appropriate guidelines enabling the amendment of the ILD licenses Section 2.2 (a) and (b).
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