broadband penetration

In an announcement which can change the landscape of rural India, Government has decided to provide 2,50,000 villages with high speed broadband internet connection within 3 years. 50,000 villages would be covered by the end of this…

There is some bad news for Indian Internet users. TRAI has suggested a new 8% licensing fee which may cause the existing internet charges to increase by 30%. "The Authority...recommends that a uniform licence fee of 8 per cent of the AGR…

Last week we had some posts that were talked about a lot. Here is a quick wrap-up of posts published on trak.in last week! Media, Movies and even some gyan gurus have encouraged the fallacy that only younger entrepreneurs can be…

With the internet penetration increasing year-by-year in India, most of us would be tempted to say that India has progressed a lot in terms of internet subscribers and thus, broadband penetration. Unfortunately, it is not so. One look at a…

Its really amazing to see the Mobile subscriber growth month on month – I have been covering these TRAI figures for past 3 years now, and there is hardly any month which has seen less than 10 million mobile subscribers added. Infact, last…

Internet Penetration in India is one of the lowest in the world – more so of the broadband. It is ironical that even though India is one of the biggest Software services hub in the world, yet we rank so lowly when it comes to ICT…

Yes, it is pathetic to say the least – India has to improve its broadband speeds…Yes, we are riding high on the mobile revolution, but it is imperative that broadband Internet access reaches nook & corner of India for it to really be in…

Content Delivery over the Web is getting bigger and everyone is jumping into it - Literally every week couple of announcements related to it. The latest is the list is Bharti Airtel who have announced their entry into Content Delivery (CDN)…

You must be joking right? When seamless broadband connectivity is a dream even for the urban population, how is the broadband going to spread to the rural areas with little or no infrastructure in place. But, BSNL is out there to change…