Broadband target likely to be missed
According to Business Standard, India:
The government is likely to miss its target of three million broadband users to be acheived by the end of 2005, of which 50% was to be achieved by PSU operators.
According to the progress report submitted by broadband service providers, the current subscriber base of only 0.61 million for broadband have been acheived by september 2005, out of which 0.26 million belongs to PSUs and 0.35 million to the private service providers.
Meanwhile, Trai today asked the centre to reconsider its proposal of unbundling the local loop and offer incentives to bring down the costs of the access.