ISPs Can Now Lease Capacity From Big Telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India (TRAI) has asked all telecom operators to give access to their fixed line optical fibre cable and copper network to each other in a “non-discriminatory” basis. [via Hindu Business Line] The directive follows state-owned telecom operator BSNL’s refusal to give bandwidth or its policy of offering bandwidth to other operators at its own terms. BSNL has the largest domestic cable network in the country,

The regulator’s move will benefit new players such as Sify, Tulip IT and also small Internet Service Providers who will now be able to lease capacity from larger telecom operators at market driven price. All operators are expected to give bandwidth within 30 days of another operator making a request, according to the TRAI’s ruling.

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