The Financial Express is carrying a report on plans by Communications and Information Technology Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, to increase the penetration of the broadband and dial-up markets in India.
In its recommendations, the Trai has expected that India can achieve 20 million broadband and 40 million Internet subscribers by 2010 which would translate into penetration level of 1.7 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively.
India currently has 0.4 Internet connections and 0.02 broadband connections per 100 persons, while Korea has 25 and China has 1.4 broadband connections per 100 persons, with its current level of 50 per cent was higher than what it was just six months ago.
The report also states that Internet growth has sometimes been on the decline in India (over the past three years)..