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Thanks To BSNL – Urban Mobile WiMAX Is Now A Reality In India
You must have heard a lot about WiMAX already. Now you can use it too. Thanks to BSNL, you will soon be able to browse the web anywhere with the country’s first mobile broadband – 4G Internet Access Network – The Urban Mobile WiMAX. BSNL was also the first to introduce 24 MBPS Broadband internet [...]
Another Hurdle In BSNL’s Rural WiMax Roll-out
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s WiMax project has suffered a blow with its (BSNL’s) internal vigilance officer putting a stay on giving the project to one of the four shortlisted bidders. BSNL had received bids for its WiMax tender in November 2009. Earlier, BSNL had to cancel the tender twice.
Vippalamritha Magnetic Components Ltd (VMC), a Hyderabad [...]
Some Telcos Favour Delinking While Some Oppose – To Link, Or Not To Link?
In true sense the turning point of Indian Telecom Industry was November 2003, when ‘Unified’ Access Service Licensing was introduced. Earlier, The BSOs (Basic Service Operators) or the guys who provide you services popularly known as landline, had a different licensing regime as compared to Wireless or Mobile Operators. In the early 2000s Government issued [...]
20 Million Broadband Users Will Take 5 Years While Govt Approves Broadband For 20000 Colleges
The Broadband Policy of 2004 stated that India would achieve 20 million broadband users by 2010. Now we are at the end of 2009 (almost) and the TRAI latest numbers suggest that broadband penetration in India has just about managed to reach 6.8 million subscribers! At this rate the target of 20 million broadband subscribers [...]
BSNL Opening Bids For Rural WiMAX Project – Will The Internet Penetration Pick Up Now?
BSNL’s opening the bids for launching WiMAX service centers in 7000 rural pockets of India. Is it going to be the best thing in recent times to have happened to improve Indian internet penetration levels?
MTNL Now Dials Franchise Route For Its WiMax Services
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL), a PSU Telco based in Mumbai and Delhi has sought initial bids for franchise agreement of its Wireless Broadband services utilizing Wi-Max Technology. Earlier it invited EoI (expressions of interest) for a similar franchise route of its 3G operations.
WSJ reports that the aspired deal will be on [...]
Russian Telco Yota To Enter India’s Wimax Scene
Russian telecom operator Yota, backed by Intel Capital may form an alliance with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Yota currently offers WiMAX services in three major regions of Russia. They wish to offer WiMAX-based broadband services in Mumbai and Delhi from their partnership with MTNL and rest of the country from [...]
India – South Asia’s hope for Wi-Max
The leapfrog technology that would emerge in South Asia which will act as an enabler in revolutionazing the way internet works is Wi-Max. Wiki defines WiMAX, meaning Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point-to-multipoint links to portable and fully mobile internet access. According to Yankee Group, [...]
Will 2009 be the Year the Digital Divide Got Bridged?
The Economic Times has carried a much hyped 2009 – the year of India featured issue today, and one of the sections speaks on how the digital divide will be bridged this year. Incidentally bridging the digital divide was also the topic of WATBlog’s Delhi panel discussion. Though the panel didn’t put any conclusive date on when the gap will be brought down, the ET article suggests many reasons why this might be the time. As proponents and participants of the digital medium we would definitely want it to be, however the question lingers whether it can happen so soon.
Intel Looking To Invest in Telecom Co’s For Wimax In India
Intel has always been a supporter and promoter of Wimax technologies the world over. So its no surprise to see Intel being interested in investing in Wimax technologies in India as well.
Mr Sriram Viswanathan, Vice-President, Intel Capital and General Manager, WiMAX Program Office had this to say when questioned on his India plans – “We [...]
WATBlog Panel – Detailed Analysis & Insights..
The WATBlog Panel was initiated by a keynote by Bruno Goveas, Head Marketing & Product Management (India), Akamai the sponsors of the WATBlog Panel. He initiated the panel outlining in his keynote that Media explosion over Internet was the future of the next decade.
The panel started immediately with panelists Ashish Gupta – Helion Ventures, Sateesh [...]
20% of the World’s Wimax connections to be in India by 2012 – Wimax Laptops Launched
So Wimax Forum which is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization has projected that more than 27.5 million users in India would be users of Wimax and that number puts India as a 20% shareholder of the entire Wimax market the world over!
This means that in the next four years WiMAX would be a $13-billion market. And [...]
High Reserve Price for WiMax Auction upsets ISPs Again while India’s Internet Usage sees a Steady Rise
The country’s Department of Telecom (DoT) have come up with some new set of guidelines for auctioning off the spectrum for WiMax in the country, something which has greatly upset the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country. As per the new guidelines laid down by DoT, the reserve price for the auction has been [...]
Mobile Services on WIMAX – Internet Telephony to lift off in a big way!
Get ready to dial a new set of numbers in near future. he earlier announced guidelines had specified that spectrum for broadband wireless can be used only for data services. However, the Telecom Commission, in its meeting on August 21 has taken a decision to remove the restriction.
Citywide WiFi Planned by BMC in a 50-Crore Plan For Mumbai
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has brought forward a plan, which, if implemented, would allow anyone to use WiFi on their compatible laptops or mobile phones. This initiative by the BMC is a public-private partnership of sorts, in which the BMC plans to cover the entire city with WiFi coverage, albeit not free.