Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
Broadband Internet Services
As
per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report on “The
Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators” for January - March 2011
dated 28/07/2011, nine (9) Public sector and one hundred and thirty two
(132) private sector companies are providing Broadband Internet
Services in different licensed areas across the country.
TRAI
has issued recommendations on National Broadband Plan on 8th December
2010. Para 6.21 and 6.22 of these recommendations with regard to speed
of Broadband internet are as under
“6.21 The Authority recommends that:
Broadband connection may be defined as
“A
data connection using any technology that is able to support
interactive services including Internet access and support a minimum
download speed of 512 Kilo bits per second (Kbps)”.
6.22 It is
to be noted that the upload speed will atleast be half the download
speed. This definition of broadband (Both Wireline and Wireless) given
in para 6.21 above, which will be effective from 1st January 2011. The
stipulated download speed of 2 Mbps will be effective from 1st January
2015.”
Licensed Telecom Service Providers are to provide
Internet and Broadband services as per the terms and conditions of their
respective license. However, in case of any violations, actions are
taken as per the provisions of the respective Telecom licenses. Further,
34 Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cells are
functioning all across the country to curb illegal activities in telecom
services and checking the compliance by the licencees, in respect of
licence conditions and any directions issued by the licensor.
This
information was given by Shri Milind Deora, Minister of State for
Communication and Information Technology in written reply to a question
in Lok Sabha today. Source: PIB