WiMax ready for rollout in India

[qazranchi]

MUMBAI: After much talk, tests and trials, WiMax seems to be finally ready for commercial use in India. WiMax, high-speed internet access over a wireless connection, is a low-cost way to provide internet connectivity in places where laying cables is difficult.

Chennai-based Aircel is planning to take its WiMax network national while the Tata-owned VSNL will roll out retail WiMax offerings later this year. Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is also ready to start WiMax services, having undertaken pilots at 14 locations.

VSNL as well as BSNL have partnered with Aperto Networks, developer of the world's most advanced WiMax base stations and subscriber units, to deploy multi-service broadband wireless systems.

““BSNL is planning to take WiMax to 8,000 villages where it is the easiest and most efficient way to offer broadband. We have already tied up with Aperto for equipment,” a BSNL official said.

For Details : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/N...how/1670512.cms

BSNL to provide WiMax The six initial cities getting the WiMAX equipment are Kolkata (in West Bengal), Bangalore (in Karnataka), Chennai (in Tamil Nadu), Ahmedabad (in Gujarat), Hyderabad (in Andhra Pradesh), and Pune (in Maharastra). The deployment, which will also cover four rural districts in the State of Haryana.
For Detailed news read http://www.apertonet.com/news/archives121506.html
http://www.govtech.net/digitalcommun....php?id=102894

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[coolbuddy_79]

hello MTNL!!! r u listening???

 

[qazranchi]

Pune all set to be India's first 'unwired' city with Wimax

Taking a leap over Bangalore and Hyderabad, Pune will become the first Indian city to have a high-speed wireless Internet network even before the Centre's much-awaited spectrum policy is announced.

Pune to be India's first 'unwired' city

 

[maahkaal]

Pune being the first wireless city means shit unless they start offering unlimited connections of at least 512 kbps.

 

[max]

WTF?! What about Bombay?! How the hell they forget about us?! :O

 

[Crazysah]

Is this even going to happen?

 

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[nayakrnr]

well. .. it seems so.. atlast some balls are on a roll... 😀

 

[viralbug]

what about mumbai?? its supposed to be the first city to have this!!:madness:

 

[maahkaal]

Typical. The government really needs to take up an aggressive propaganda on such important issues.

 

[blr_p]

Good article there Ziegfield, keep them coming.

 

[qazranchi]

Television Channels may be told to free bandwidth (in extended C-band) for WiMaxTelevision channels like Aaj Tak, Star Ananda, Maa TV and Kairali may soon have to go off the air. This is because the government is considering allocating satellite services bandwidth on the Insat series for wireless services such as WiMax, in which case broadcasters will have to vacate the extended C-band. Over 60 channels now broadcast on extended C-band transponders in the Insat series. WiMax services enable consumers to access wireless broadband services in a radius of 20-22 km. However, the frequency used for WiMax services tend to interfere with the frequency range of C-band transponders that are being used by broadcasters. “The largely unconsidered implications of the proposed rules by the government could be catastrophic for news broadcasters that use the lower end of the C-band spectrum,” said ST Davies, CEO, Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia. Meanwhile, foreign satellite company IntelSat said India would face shortage in both C-band and Ku-band transponders in future.

 

[Crazysah]

Well thats not a good thing if we face a shortage. What to do then?

 

[viralbug]

what i can see from all this is that we arent getting wimax anytime soon.....🙁

 

[Crazysah]

I am sure it will roll out pretty soon.