ACT Fibernet does a Google Fiber in India; launches
1Gbps broadband service in Hyderabad
At Rs 5,999 per month, a user can download
data up to 1TB at 1Gbps under fair usage policy (FUP), which is faster
than even transferring data from a USB drive
Hyderabad, the Pearl City of India, has now become the country's
first "Giga city". ACT Fibernet, which claims to be the largest
non-telco and third-largest internet service provider in India, has
launched 1Gbps wired broadband internet service in the city.
With
its first Giga speed broadband, Hyderabad has catapulted its internet
speed to 400 times the national average, which still hovers around
2.5Mbps
The launch also elevates Hyderabad into an exclusive and elite
club of Giga-enabled territories which include South Korea, US, Hong
Kong, Singapore, Romania and Japan.
At Rs 5,999 per month, a user
can download data up to 1TB at 1Gbps under fair usage policy (FUP),
which is faster than even transferring data from a USB drive. Post the
FUP, limit the speeds will drop to 10Mbps.
Speaking at the launch
Bala Malladi, Chief Executive Officer of ACT Fibernet, said, “With our
citizens and the government moving towards the Digital India movement,
high speed internet is the need of the hour.
K. Taraka Rama Rao,
Minister for IT, Municipal Administration and Urban development and
Industries, was also present at the event
ACT Fibernet, which is
the largest broadband provider in twin cities of Hyderabad and
Secunderabad with over 65 percent market share, has invested about Rs
100 crore into this service. It currently plans to launch the service in
10 other cities where it has a presence and has earmarked around Rs
1,200 crore to be invested over the next two years.
With more than 400 million people having access to the internet, India is the second-largest market for internet in the world
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