HFCL: Explaining the extent of the issue, Bhatnagar said imports from China into India’s telecom sector are nearly 40% of the total imports in the country.
"If you look at China, they are deploying 240 million kms per year, which is nearly 12 times that of India with a population of comparable size. In Europe and the US, 8Gbps speed is becoming a norm," Sterlite Technologies (STL) managing director Ankit Agarwal said.
Sterlite Technologies: “India should ideally have at least 100-120 million homes with high quality fiber with a minimum benchmark of at least 1 Gbps download and upload speeds.” He added that for a reasonable experience for 5G users, India needs that at least 80-85% of telecom towers have backhaul fiber connectivity, which today stands at only 35%.
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