Telecom sector regulator Trai has notified
that the minimum broadband speed has
been raised to 512 kilo bytes per second
(kbps) from the earlier 256 kbps.
The amendment has been made to the Telecom
Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations,
2012 and the regulations will be called the
Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal (Third
Amendment) Regulations, 2014, the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a
notification.
Accordingly, the new definition of broadband
is "a data connection that is able to support
interactive services including internet access
and has the capability of minimum download
speed of 512 kbps to an individual subscriber
from the point of presence (POP) of the service
provider intending to provide broadband
service".
The regulations will come into force after
publication in the official gazette, it added.
The Department of Telecommunications ( DoT)
had revised the broadband speed in
consonance of the National Telecom Policy
2012 and Trai recommendations, the regulator
said.
The earlier minimum broadband speed of 256
kbps was as per the Broadband Policy 2004.
According to National Telecom Policy 2012,
the government aims to raise the
broadband download speed of to 512 kbps
from 256 kbps and subsequently to 2 Mbps
by 2015.
According to Trai data, total broadband
subscribers in the country rose by 5.82 per
cent to 65.33 million at the end of May 2014
from 61.74 million at the end of April 2014.
While wired broadband subscribers stood at
14.95 million as of May this year, mobile
device users (phones and dongles) were 49.97
million and the fixed wireless (Wi-Fi, Wi-Max,
Point-to-Point, Radio and VSAT) subscribers
stood at 0.41 million for the same period.
Trai notifies minimum broadband speed at 512
kbps - The Economic Times
that the minimum broadband speed has
been raised to 512 kilo bytes per second
(kbps) from the earlier 256 kbps.
The amendment has been made to the Telecom
Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations,
2012 and the regulations will be called the
Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal (Third
Amendment) Regulations, 2014, the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a
notification.
Accordingly, the new definition of broadband
is "a data connection that is able to support
interactive services including internet access
and has the capability of minimum download
speed of 512 kbps to an individual subscriber
from the point of presence (POP) of the service
provider intending to provide broadband
service".
The regulations will come into force after
publication in the official gazette, it added.
The Department of Telecommunications ( DoT)
had revised the broadband speed in
consonance of the National Telecom Policy
2012 and Trai recommendations, the regulator
said.
The earlier minimum broadband speed of 256
kbps was as per the Broadband Policy 2004.
According to National Telecom Policy 2012,
the government aims to raise the
broadband download speed of to 512 kbps
from 256 kbps and subsequently to 2 Mbps
by 2015.
According to Trai data, total broadband
subscribers in the country rose by 5.82 per
cent to 65.33 million at the end of May 2014
from 61.74 million at the end of April 2014.
While wired broadband subscribers stood at
14.95 million as of May this year, mobile
device users (phones and dongles) were 49.97
million and the fixed wireless (Wi-Fi, Wi-Max,
Point-to-Point, Radio and VSAT) subscribers
stood at 0.41 million for the same period.
Trai notifies minimum broadband speed at 512
kbps - The Economic Times
And that too of now 512. How stupid. 