A notification from the India's Department of Telecommunications on 18th July 2013 reclassified the term 'Broadband' as referring to connections that have the capability of a minimum download speed of 512kbps, the telecom regulator TRAI's monthly telecom subscribers report mentions, stating that as per the notification: "Broadband is a data connection that is able to support interactive services including Internet access and has the capability of the 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". Accordingly, the TRAI has said that as per its classification, the minimum download speed has been increased from 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps, and from this October 2013 onwards, service providers have to report only those wireline Internet subscribers with at least 512kbps as 'broadband'. Consequently, the number of broadband connections in India has come down to 14.91 million connections (the rest are classified as "Internet" connections). In May 2013, India had 15.3 million broadband connections, but that was as per the old definition, and would have included connections between 256kbps and 512kbps. Note that the 14.91 million connections number is on the basis of data from 105 of 153 ISPs, with old data being used for 48 ISPs. Not enough: Dayanidhi Maran Had Wanted Broadband = 2mbps in 2007 We'd like to remind the Department of Telecommunications, and recent ministers A. Raja, Kapil Sibal and Milind Deora, what utter failures they have been when it comes to enabling the growth of wireline broadband…
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