Is 3G India's answer to broadband draught?
India is growing by leaps & bounds, not only in terms of economy, but cultural & politically as well. There is an urge of the nation (at least the government) to grow beyond the 7-8% GDP growth and to be a double digit growth economy. The telecom industry can contribute to this dream, by making internet of its avatar “broadband” more ubiquitous. India is a known laggard in internet & broadband services. Broadband services are not only necessary for the information age, but also it adds to the GDP growth (10% increase in broadband penetration leads to 1.2% of GDP growth), which is the increase needed to realize the double digit growth dream. Sadly, government has been indirectly responsible for the delay of broadband in India for long. First, it gave India a state monopoly which was never helped in proliferation of telecom services in India, even while sitting on the largest wired network in the country. Then, years of delay in 3G spectrum auction and finally a fiercely comp...