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TRAI blames BSNL for stagnating broadband connectivity in India

The Indian telecom regulatory authority TRAI has finally spoken against the monopolistic practices of the state owned BSNL. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Pradip Baijal has cautioned the BSNL against any possible measures it might take to monopolize the infrastructure that can be used to give broadband a greater push.

Baijal was speaking at a broadband seminar, organized by Bharat Exhibitions in New Delhi. He blamed BSNL for not letting the private players use their network for expanding the broadband network throughout the country. This is seriously slowing down the rate of broadband availability in the country.

He also talked about the measures taken by the Andhra Pradesh government, which took an alternative way to launch their own alternative cheaper broadband fiber optic network through private-public partnership. They had to take this step after the government owned BSNL quoted high rates for usage of its fiber line for this purpose.

This is ironical considering BSNL’s network has been developed using the public sector money contributed by the citizens of the country. It would be interesting to see how the story develops in the coming days and if the government takes any serious steps to make sure that, the public funds are used in a proper manner to help the common man vying for decent broadband connectivity in this country.

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