On Fertile Grounds

摘要

The Indian broadband policy envisaged Internet subscribers in the country at around 40 mn by 2010 from 18 mn in 2007. It estimated broadband subscribers at around 20 mn from 9 mn in the same time period. But, the mid 2008 numbers reported by Trai are 11.66 mn Internet subscribe (excluding mobile subscribers with access to wireless data) and 4.38 mn broadband subscribers (with a download speed of 256 Kbps or more). Not only do the numbers fall below the envisioned target the reported quarterly growth rate of 5.09% for Internet subscription and 13.18% for broadband subscription need to meet higher expectations.