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BSNL's 2 Mbps broadband @ Rs 250 a month
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December 21, 2006 17:21 IST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the state-owned telecom service provider, will provide broadband up to 2 MB at Rs 250 per month.

The speed has been increased by almost 8 times whereas the download has been increased by 2.5 times at almost half the cost, said a company press release.

Under the new plan all the existing 820,000 customers are also being upgraded for the speed up to 2 Mbps depending upon technical feasibility.

The year 2007 has already been declared as the 'Year of Broadband.' BSNL plans to add a 5 million port capacity to the existing network of 1 million ports during 2007. The telecom services provider has a market share of 44% in this segment.

BSNL plans:

The company release said that:


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