Reliance And Qualcomm Demonstrate Next Generation Broadband

by | posted: December 2, 2010
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Qualcomm Inc are offering trials of the next generation broadband service, LTE-TDD Technology. The technology offers download speeds of up to 7-10 Mbps. The former...
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Thanks To BSNL – Urban Mobile WiMAX Is Now A Reality In India

by | posted: March 3, 2010
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...
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Another Hurdle In BSNL’s Rural WiMax Roll-out

by | posted: January 28, 2010
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...
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Some Telcos Favour Delinking While Some Oppose – To Link, Or Not To Link?

by | posted: November 27, 2009
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...
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20 Million Broadband Users Will Take 5 Years While Govt Approves Broadband For 20000 Colleges

by | posted: September 15, 2009
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...
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BSNL Opening Bids For Rural WiMAX Project – Will The Internet Penetration Pick Up Now?

by | posted: August 17, 2009
BSNL’s plans to roll out wireless Internet technology, WiMAX to the rural areas will move a step ahead coming 25th when the bids from the vendors to commission the project shall be opened. This project...
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MTNL Now Dials Franchise Route For Its WiMax Services

by | posted: August 7, 2009
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...
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Russian Telco Yota To Enter India’s Wimax Scene

by | posted: July 7, 2009
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...
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India – South Asia’s hope for Wi-Max

by | posted: April 16, 2009
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...
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Will 2009 be the Year the Digital Divide Got Bridged?

by | posted: January 5, 2009
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...
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Intel Looking To Invest in Telecom Co’s For Wimax In India

by | posted: November 24, 2008
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,...
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WATBlog Panel – Detailed Analysis & Insights..

by | posted: October 20, 2008
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...
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20% of the World’s Wimax connections to be in India by 2012 – Wimax Laptops Launched

by | posted: October 17, 2008
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...
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High Reserve Price for WiMax Auction upsets ISPs Again while India’s Internet Usage sees a Steady Rise

by | posted: September 16, 2008
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...
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Mobile Services on WIMAX – Internet Telephony to lift off in a big way!

by | posted: August 28, 2008
Get ready to dial a new set of numbers in near future. WiMAX industry in the country received a major boost as the DoT has reportedly modified its policy on wireless broadband technologies including WiMAX...
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Citywide WiFi Planned by BMC in a 50-Crore Plan For Mumbai

by | posted: July 29, 2008
  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...
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