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Message: <blockquote data-quote="krizta" data-source="post: 8715155" data-attributes="member: 58615">Call and Broadband cost to reduceThe Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) is to introduce minimum <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband" target="_blank">broadband speed</a> limits for the operators shortly to reduce the broadband service cost in the country. The broadband cost is high and the speed is low in Sri Lanka. This  has resulted in low penetration. However, an improvement in the speed of  around 25 percent could be seen during the past three months and this  is encouraging, Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka  (TRCSL) Director General Anusha Palpita told. Measures will be taken to reduce the cost of broadband service with  the introduction of minimum speed limit for the operators shortly. This  is expected to increase the penetration and benefit the customers as  well, he said. There are sufficient players in the telecommunication industry and  only an outside operator will be considered to bring down the broadband  service cost, affordability and high speed. There is room for  improvement with regard to data, he said. “We are lobbying for comparatively low rates for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process_outsourcing" target="_blank">BPO</a>  industry and there will be special consideration to provide support for  the growth of this industry. There is a positive relationship between  the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_growth" target="_blank">GDP growth</a> and the internet penetration and measures will be taken to reduce the broadband cost within the next two months,” Palpita said. “The country’s mobile industry is stabilized and most of the  operators are making profits. We expect them to re-invest the profits to  enable more benefits to the end-users,” he said. The introduction of minimum floor rate, which was implemented  successfully, has benefited the mobile subscribers. The TRCSL plans to  further reduce the minimum floor price of around Rs 1.50 in near future. It is estimated that there are 14.5 million subscribers in Sri Lanka  at present. “We are expecting to register all the subscribers to  maintain a database. It will also ensure security and support easy  access to data,” he said. There is a tender process to install <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber_cable" target="_blank">fibre optic cable</a> covering the entire country, he said. dailynews.lksource[CODE][URL]http://blog.dzoneonline.com/2010/11/13/call-and-broadband-cost-to-reduce/[/URL][/CODE]</blockquote>

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