India, Jan. 8 -- Opening thoughts. You may have very valid views on this, but I believe the headline development as we head into the first edition of Wired Wisdom for 2026 is this - India's broadband subscriber base has crossed the 1 billion (100.37 crore to be specific) mark, now that the official TRAI numbers for the month of November 2025, have been firmed up. For context, this number was 131.49 million (13.15 crore) in the same month of 2015, a growth of 6 times. This growth has been built on wired broadband (fiber and DSL, for instance) as well as the momentum of wireless (5G and before that 4G), across devices including home Wi-Fi and smartphones. I've said it time and again that India's broadband growth needs a greater contribution...