The Indian government has decided to double the 10 Gbps internet bandwidth from Bangladesh' Cox's Bazar to India in the coming weeks.
With the aim to boost internet connectivity in North-Eastern states, the Centre has taken the decision, said Union Minister for Information and Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday, reports The Print.
"Two to three months back, thinking out of the box, we took an experimental connection of 10 GBPS fibre connectivity from Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) to Agartala,” said the minister.
“In two months, it stabilized. Yesterday (Wednesday) we took a decision to increase this bandwidth so that the entire Northeastern region especially Manipur can get high-speed connectivity," he added.
He said, "Based on that experiment, in the next five to six weeks, we will double the bandwidth. We will see the results and then will further double the bandwidth.”
