BSNL has been sitting over plans to offer precious Fibre Optic connectivity having unlimited bandwidth http://www.bsnl.co.in/opencms/bsnl/BSNL/services/broadband/ftth_overview.html
Last year Trai had called BSNL for leasing dark fibre to telcos
PM Modi’s flagship Digital India drive is yet another revenue opportunity for MTNL and BSNL while they are reeling under hefty losses – http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/mtnl-keen-to-sell-50-per-cent-in-millennium-telecom-to-bsnl/articleshow/41980260.cms
Optic Fibre network / Alternative solution, including private participation to follow the broadband push – part of TRAI’s Big-Bang Reforms –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIsTD7RNWxk&list=UUcC8Yq1ka5NbqDWHJqCnhpA
Meanwhile, Government proposes a new Communications Bill to overhaul telecom sector – The new Bill aims to repeal all four laws that govern the telecom sector currently including Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and Trai Act of 1997