Time to leverage cable broadband connectivity

Cable operators can play role in increasing broadband penetration and help bridge digital divide

With the announcement by ACT Fibernet in March this year, Hyderabad has become India’s first city to offer one gigabyte per second speed in wired broadband connectivity. Such high-speed connectivity means the customer can start quality viewing of TV and other rich content thanks to cable broadband. This is a form of broadband internet access in which infrastructure previously used solely for cable television carries digital internet signals as well.

Though India ranks second in the world in terms of the number of internet users (462 million), after China (731 million), it does not figure in the top 10 list