India will not be able to meet its target for broadband penetration unless PCs are available for as low as Rs. 10,000 a piece and more people enjoy power and telephone connections, according to a report by Assocham and Frost & Sullivan to be released later today. [via Mint] The gap between target and achievement to accomplish broadband penetration in India will exceed 10 million by 2010, without adequate infrastructure for rural folk to connect them with urban and semi-urban population. In the last seven years, India could provide broadband connectivity to less than 2.5 million subscribers as against its target of three million, nine million and 20 million for 2005, 2007 and 2010 respectively.
However, the Paper projects that the broadband subscriber market is expected to increase to 30.1 million by 2013 with its growth expected to touch 8.9 percent.
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