The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), has decided to offer a broadband connection with every new landline that it provides to its customers without any extra charges for the activated broadband landlines. The broadband connection can be activated at any time. The process is expected to take a month, after which any landline subscriber of BSNL can log on to the internet without taking a Sancharnet connection or taking a separate subscription package for the internet. However, the speeds will be 56 Mbps – and not at 256 Mbps as provided through a broadband connection.

BSNL feels broadband-enabled fixedline connections will help revive the falling subscriber base in the wireline segment. BSNL had 33.58 million wireline subscribers as of April-end, 2007. BSNL is also set to launch IPTV services in all major cities and is confident that its broadband base will witness a significant increase on offering this service.

Written by mahesh15 in News