Policy to improve broadband proliferation in offing: DoT official

The Telecom Department is working on a number of recommendations made by the sector regulator and will soon come out with a policy to improve broadband proliferation in the country, a senior official said on Monday.

K Ramchand, Member (Technology), Department of Telecom, said a policy to enhance number of public wifi hotspots across the country is also in the offing, in line with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) suggestions.

“We are working on TRAI recommendations. We are coming out with policy where broadband proliferation will increase.

“The policy is under the approval and shortly we will be coming out with a policy with which service providers will be encouraged to provide the infrastructure to improve broadband penetration,” Ramchand said at an event organised by the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA).