Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will offer a minimum broadband speed of 2 mega bit per second (Mbps) at no extra cost. The revised speed will come into effect on October 1. The company currently offers a minimum speed of 512 Kbps.
BSNL lost about 1.78 crore wireless and over 20 lakh wireline subscribers between March 2014 and March 2015. The losses stood at Rs 7,600 crore.
Given the competition in the market, the announcement may also let private operators offer higher speed at a lower cost.
We have increased the internet speed four times ...we have ensured 2 Mbps is available at last mile, which is the customer premises starting October 1
— Anupam Shrivastava, Chief Managing Director, BSNL
Srivastava added that BSNL is on a revival path and the company has added about 15 lakh mobile customers in last few months as against 7-8 lakh subscribers per month.
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