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India has become highway of communication, says Scindia

December 14, 2024

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India has become a huge highway of communication, said Union Minister for Communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday, highlighting the huge progress the country has made in the area of telecom and communication.

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Speaking at Times Network's India Economic Conclave in New Delhi, the union minister said, "The fact that you have 116 crore subscribers today in India, the Internet capacity has gone from 250 million 10 years ago to 954 million today. Broadband, which is greater than 2GB, has grown from 60 million subscribers to 920 million subscribers. That's the scale that India has gone through."

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