Indian telco BSNL unveils 24Mbps VDSL service

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: India’s fastest xDSL-based commercial internet services has been launched by state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) offering downstream connection speeds of up to 24Mbps using Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) technology.

However, the top-end speeds will be gained only by the customers living within 500 meters of an enabled exchange while those subscribers within 1km of the node should be able to connect at speeds of up to 16Mbps.

INR9,999 (USD216.4) per month will be charged for 24Mbps service while the cost of lower level 16Mbps service will be INR4,999 per month.