Mumbai – India needs to bridge the urban-rural digital divide by deepening broadband penetration by 40-50 percent if it wants to increase GDP growth, according to internet network management firm, Cisco Systems. Cisco Systems Inc chief globalization officer and Cisco services executive vice president, Wim Elfrink said there was a correlation between broadband penetration and the productivity of a nation. Citing a World Bank report, Elfrink states that a ten percentage-point increase in broadband penetration for an average nation results in an acceleration of economic growth of 1.3 percentage point. As part of the government’s National Broadband Penetration Program (NBPP), HCL Infosystems and BSNL have decided to provide personal computers to rural masses. India’s Broadband Policy 2004 targets a total of 20- million broadband connections by 2010, whereas penetration stands at a meagre 6.8-million, the data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said. Industry body CII is pushing a broadband adoption plan with the aim of having 214-million connections by 2014. Elfrink said that emerging countries like India could capitalise on opportunities created by an increasing broadband user base.
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