India ranks 125th in the world for fixed broadband penetration. India lags behind Sri Lanka and Bhutan.

TRAI (Telecom-Regulatory-Authority-of-India) has issued a statement that all required measures will have to be taken to handle the situation immediately.

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TRAI has made several recommendations in order to increase the connectivity and reachable to more number of people, especially in the rural-sectors.

• Wire-less-Planning-Commission to be given independent-decision taking authority on matters of expansion and administration.
• The national-Optic-Fiber-Network is planning to cover more than 2.5-lakh Village-panchayats by 2016-end.
• The complex structure of decision making bodies in the Telecom-sector is to be made simpler.
• Right now the commission is working under Department-of-tele-Communications.
• The authority has also expressed its concerns regarding the delays in solving the 2-G and 3-G spectrum cases.
• License-fee exemption is recommended for income earned from installed fixed-lines.