don22
August 22nd, 2008, 12:51 AM
Indian government proposes to offer all citizens of India free, high-speed broadband connectivity by 2009, through the state-owned telecom service providers BSNL and MTNL. This has the potential to kill current telecom business model in India. As a consumer and internet based service provider, I whole-heartedly support this proposal.
Many cities in the US already have free wireless broadband connectivity for residents. The idea is to boost economic activity in general. The government of India plans to achieve free broadband connectivity at a speed of 2 MB per second across the country, with a similar goal. Senior government officials expect to be able to achieve this goal spending only a portion of the corpus of the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
Source: ET
I think this will tremendously boost eCommerce and eBusiness in India and truly make India Inc. global.
Many cities in the US already have free wireless broadband connectivity for residents. The idea is to boost economic activity in general. The government of India plans to achieve free broadband connectivity at a speed of 2 MB per second across the country, with a similar goal. Senior government officials expect to be able to achieve this goal spending only a portion of the corpus of the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
Source: ET
I think this will tremendously boost eCommerce and eBusiness in India and truly make India Inc. global.