India, June 16 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) welcomes the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) Telecommunication Tariff (71st Amendment) Order, 2025 (PR 46 2025) released on 16 June 2025, which mandates that all retail FTTH broadband plans up to 200 MBPS must be offered to Public Data Offices (PDOs) at tariffs not exceeding twice the corresponding consumer broadband price. With this ceiling in place, the backhaul tariff for the Public WI Fi hotspot are expected to come down drastically and are set to become up to 10 times more economical.
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