BSNL upgrades landline broadband speed to 2 Mbps

State-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Monday said it has decided to upgrade landline broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps at no additional cost for all the broadband customers on pan-India basis from October 1.

The company is also offering 1 GB free e-mail box to their customers from 50 MB mail box.

The speed upgradation will benefit all the existing and new broadband customers of BSNL. Under this scheme, BSNL is upgrading the speed of existing Broadband plans of 512 Kbps and 1 Mbps to 2 Mbps speed, a BSNL statement said.

BSNL launched the broadband services over its landline in India in 2005 with speed of 256kbps and above over the state of art multi protocol label switching (MPLS) based IP infrastructure in urban as well as rural areas.

"This u-gradation shall enhance customer experience while surfing on internet and enjoying live video streaming by all customers even in the low price range. This scheme is expected to attract new customers for subscribing BSNL Broadband customers in an affordable manner," the statement added.