COAI favours minimum broadband speed of up to 2 Mbps for 4G network

Industry body COAI Wednesday said it favours minimum broadband speed of up to 2 Mbps (megabits per second) for 4G networks.

Currently, the minimum broadband speed is 512 Kbps.

Asked if the association was in favour of minimum broadband speed being prescribed at 2 Mbps, especially given the proliferation of 4G services in India, Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) Director General Rajan Mathews told reporters: “Yes, we have supported this, on a 4G network.”

Mathews said most of the telecom operators are de facto already providing more than 2 mbps on an average and “at peaks a lot more”, which is borne out by the data speed test results of various firms.