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Indian govt plans action to meet projections of 20 million broadband connections

July 20, 2007 · Posted in India broadband

India had a target of 3 million, 9 million and 20 million broadband Internet users by 2005, 2007 and 2010 respectively. In contrast, current broadband figures stand at 2.5 million users.Â The gap is expected to widen to 10 million by 2010. So, instead of the projected 20 million broadband users, India will have only 10 million users. As noted in an earlier post, penetration currently is less than 1%.

These are the findings of a paper to be published on Wednesday - brought out jointly by ASSOCHAM and Frosh & Sullivan and aptly titled “Broadband in India“. The paper also correctly cites poor PC penetration in India as a contributing factor. Besides PC adoption, localized content and WiMAX will be key enablers of broadband in India.

Based on this startling realization, the Indian Government has decided to re-allocate funds from the Universal Services Fund (USF) to meet the target projections of 20 million broadband users by 2010. R. Bandhopadhyay, Secretary of Ministry of Communications and IT, reassured that all the target projections will be met by tweaking an redefining the govt. policies.

This and more of his keynote address at the ASSOCHAM organized “Broadband 2007: Connecting the Unconnected” conference here.