The Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Wednesday hailed the government’s move to increase the minimum broadband speed from 512 Kbps to 2 Mbps, which is a 400 per cent increase. However, it stressed that this is not enough for a ‘mobile first’ country. The Forum said that it is unfortunate that 45,180 villages in India do not have 4G coverage at all.
“While this upgrade in minimum broadband speed is indeed a major milestone, India still has a long way to go to catch up with major regimes such as the US where the regulator (FCC) has already set a minimum broadband speed of 25 Mbps. Is it.” BIF. Even Bangladesh has set a higher minimum broadband speed of 5 Mbps.
Nevertheless, the move will help in increasing the total amount of data consumption per person and improve the service experience. Being a ‘mobile first’ country, India relies heavily on mobile broadband with around 98 per cent of broadband users accessing it through their mobile phones.
“2 Mbps may not sound good enough for the modern broadband era as one would need much higher speeds to have a satisfactory experience in applications. telecommunication, file downloading, video conferencing, streaming video – both SD and HD,” said TV Ramachandran, President, BIF.
Nevertheless, “this strong initiative provided by the government will definitely help in ensuring better consumer experience and consumer satisfaction,” Ramachandran said. The move will especially benefit consumers in rural areas, suburban areas and metros who are heavy video consumers and rely more on video and data-rich apps.
“Studies have shown that to experience good video streaming quality, download speeds in excess of 5 Mbps and probably values ​​closer to 14 Mbps or 15 Mbps are needed,” BIF said.
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