for just below Rs.2500.
Currently 104 providers offer broadband services in India. Of these, BSNL,
a government-owned provider, has a 61.45% market share. This disparity exists
because the most popular access method, used by 86% connections, is largely
available solely to BSNL and MTNL – both public sector undertakings.
To increase pervasiveness of use and geographic dispersion, India needs to
deploy fibre optics-based access.