Pandemic Gives Boost To Broadband Industry In India

Pandemic in India has given a boost to the number of users using fixed-line broadband. During the pandemic, the professionals engaged in work from home and the children in a study from home which increased the demand for broadband connection as the mobile data has its own limitation in terms of speed and reliability. The latest report by TRAI, telecom regulator of India has indicated that the broadband connections in India grew by 2% on average every month since July 2020 every month. Before the pandemic, the broadband connection was growing only at a rate of 0.5% in a month. Till March 2021, the number of broadband connections in India was a whopping 22.8 million.