25 years ago, VSNL (now Tata Communications) kick started India's Internet revolution and built it from strength to strength. When VSNL launched the internet in India on August 15, 1995. The transformation was from 64 Kbps bandwidth in 1995 in India, to carrying almost 30% of the world's internet routes. Tata Communications has been transforming India's digital foundation and now delivering a Secure Connected Digital Experience for Enterprises.
The information superhighway was supposed to democratise the world, giving everyone a voice and levelling the playing field in politics, business, society. There are issues that need addressing but it is fair to say the internet has revolutionised our lives in the quarter century it has been with us - moving from a slow service with limited utility few could afford, to a ubiquitous, accessible force that has changed how we live , mostly peering at a mobile device.
With this A massive network has formed to serve 4.6 billion people today use the internet, sending out billions of gigabytes of data over the World Wide Web. It has connected the world, making national, social and economic boundaries less consequential. It has dramatically changed the way people globally communicate with each other as video and audio calling become cheap and commonplace.
Today, we could think and feel the power of internet at 4G speeds and at the world’s cheapest rate of about Rs 20 per GB of data. From zero users in 1995, India now has about 600 million internet users - the second highest in the world. The internet is probably the most important technology of our era.
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