The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the independent regulator of the telecommunications business in India, has notified that the minimum broadband speed has been raised to 512 kilobits per second (kbps) from the earlier 256kbps.
The amendment has been made to the Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations, 2012. According to a notification issued by TRAI, the new regulations will be called the telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2014.
As per the latest amendment, 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 government under its National Telecom Policy 2012 plans to raise the broadband download speed of to 512 kbps from 256kbps and 2Mbps by 2015.TRAI also added that the regulations will come into force after publication in the official gazette.
Total broadband subscribers in India rose by 5.82% to 65.33 million at the end of May 2014 from 61.74 million at the end of April 2014, as per a data provided by TRAI.
– By Anand Thakkar
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