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The current rate for an 256 ADSL connection is R 230 and the government is looking at bringing that down to R60 per month.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnu...ne=India~to~unveil~broadband~policy~next~week
India to unveil broadband policy next week
Bridging distances - One year old Ronak is fed cake by his mother at a Reliance Web World store in Kolkata, while his grandfather Amarjit Singh located a couple of thousand kilometers away at a similar digital retail store in Pune watches the bi rthday celebration. Photo: Parth Sanyal.
New Delhi, Aug 6. (PTI): Government on Thursday said it will unveil the new Broadband policy next week which is expected to usher in the next telecom revolution.
"My Ministry is going to unveil the new broadband policy next week. It is going to be a customer-friendly broadband policy", Union Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said at the launch of MTNL's certifying authority service.
The policy is being unveiled after a series of interactions between TRAI and Department of Telecom, Maran said, adding that it would bring a new revolution in the communication sector.
Asked whether the DoT had accepted TRAI's recommendation with regard to unbundling of last mile link of MTNL and BSNL, Maran said "wait for just seven days everything will be in front of you."
When contacted TRAI Chairman Pradip Baijal told PTI that "TRAI has sent the final set recommendations incorporating DoT's view points to its (TRAI's) previous recommendations."
TRAI had recommended fuller use of BSNL's copper network and a number of tax sops, including exemption from payment of service tax for ISPs for five years, among the measures to increase the use of internet and broadband in India.
The telecom regulator had identified pricing, inadequate fiscal policies and lack of access to consumers in the last mile as major hurdles preventing the growth of internet and broadband in India.
"India can have 20 million broadband and 40 million internet subscribers by 2010, which translate into penetration levels of 1.7 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively," TRAI had estimated.
TRAI, however, had favoured 75 per cent cut in high-speed internet rates saying prices of high-speed internet of 256 kbps should be brought down to about Rs 400 per month from existing Rs 1,600 to boost the broadband.
It said duties levied on inputs and finished product used in providing broadband and internet services should be reduced to the level equivalent to mobile phones.
TRAI said that ISPs should be exempt from payment of service tax, which is eight per cent of the value of service provided, for the next five years.
Here is an article from an Indian newspaper.
The current rate for an 256 ADSL connection is R 230 and the government is looking at bringing that down to R60 per month.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnu...ne=India~to~unveil~broadband~policy~next~week
India to unveil broadband policy next week
Bridging distances - One year old Ronak is fed cake by his mother at a Reliance Web World store in Kolkata, while his grandfather Amarjit Singh located a couple of thousand kilometers away at a similar digital retail store in Pune watches the bi rthday celebration. Photo: Parth Sanyal.
New Delhi, Aug 6. (PTI): Government on Thursday said it will unveil the new Broadband policy next week which is expected to usher in the next telecom revolution.
"My Ministry is going to unveil the new broadband policy next week. It is going to be a customer-friendly broadband policy", Union Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said at the launch of MTNL's certifying authority service.
The policy is being unveiled after a series of interactions between TRAI and Department of Telecom, Maran said, adding that it would bring a new revolution in the communication sector.
Asked whether the DoT had accepted TRAI's recommendation with regard to unbundling of last mile link of MTNL and BSNL, Maran said "wait for just seven days everything will be in front of you."
When contacted TRAI Chairman Pradip Baijal told PTI that "TRAI has sent the final set recommendations incorporating DoT's view points to its (TRAI's) previous recommendations."
TRAI had recommended fuller use of BSNL's copper network and a number of tax sops, including exemption from payment of service tax for ISPs for five years, among the measures to increase the use of internet and broadband in India.
The telecom regulator had identified pricing, inadequate fiscal policies and lack of access to consumers in the last mile as major hurdles preventing the growth of internet and broadband in India.
"India can have 20 million broadband and 40 million internet subscribers by 2010, which translate into penetration levels of 1.7 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively," TRAI had estimated.
TRAI, however, had favoured 75 per cent cut in high-speed internet rates saying prices of high-speed internet of 256 kbps should be brought down to about Rs 400 per month from existing Rs 1,600 to boost the broadband.
It said duties levied on inputs and finished product used in providing broadband and internet services should be reduced to the level equivalent to mobile phones.
TRAI said that ISPs should be exempt from payment of service tax, which is eight per cent of the value of service provided, for the next five years.
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