State-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) on Monday decided to
upgrade landline broadband speed to minimum 2Mbps at no additional cost for broadband
customers on pan-India basis from October 1.
upgrade landline broadband speed to minimum 2Mbps at no additional cost for broadband
customers on pan-India basis from October 1.
Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad
launched the facility in Gurgaon.
launched the facility in Gurgaon.
The BSNL's move came in the light of Narendra Modi government's Digital India initiatives.
Speaking on the occasion, Prasad said BSNL works efficiently in natural calamities and it has
proved this in Jammu and Kashmir floods, Nepal earthquake and Andhra Pradesh cyclones.
proved this in Jammu and Kashmir floods, Nepal earthquake and Andhra Pradesh cyclones.
"When BSNL can deliver its services well in natural calamities, then it should be able to
provide better services during normal conditions," he said.
provide better services during normal conditions," he said.
Directing the BSNL authorities to evolve a system of complaint redressal, the union minister
also asked them to do marketing. "I want your interface with people more frequently."
also asked them to do marketing. "I want your interface with people more frequently."
The country is passing through a changing phase, he said, adding that BSNL has to play a
significant role in it.
significant role in it.
He recalled that he was minister for communications in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government as
well and when that government left in 2004, BSNL was in profit of Rs. 10,000 crores.
well and when that government left in 2004, BSNL was in profit of Rs. 10,000 crores.
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