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Top 10 in broadband? India needs to go from 1.95% to 40% adoption

Mukesh Ambani wants to achieve the target by deploying 5G fixed wireless access to homes

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Mukesh Ambani | broadband services | 5G network

Surajeet Das Gupta  |  New Delhi 

optical fibre, bharat net, bharatnet, broadband, internet, technology, cable
To take India to the top 10 brigade, there needs to be a multi-fold rise in fixed broadband subscriptions — from 27.5 million in 2021 to around 480 million at current population levels

Mukesh Ambani’s statement at last week’s annual general meeting of Reliance Industries that his ambition is to take India into the top 10 countries in the world in terms of fixed broadband adoption, has put the spotlight on the need for the quick deployment of 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) to homes.

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First Published: Sun, September 04 2022. 23:26 IST

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