3G In India

A standard by itself is not enough to enable mass adoption. WiMAX has stepped forward to help solve barriers to adoption, such as interoperability and cost of deployment. WiMAX will help ignite the wireless MAN industry, by defining and conducting interoperability testing and labeling vendor systems with a “WiMAX Certified™”... 

WiMAX can satisfy a variety of access needs. Potential applications include extending broadband capabilities to bring them closer to subscribers, filling gaps in cable, DSL and T1 services, Wi-Fi and cellular backhaul, providing last-100 meter access from fibre to the curb and giving service providers another cost-effective... 

WiMAX is expected to offer initially up to about 40 Mbps capacity per wireless channel for both fixed and portable applications, depending on the particular technical configuration chosen, enough to support hundreds of businesses with T-1 speed connectivity and thousands of residences with DSL speed connectivity. WiMAX can... 

NEW DELHI — Mobile Broadband Summit 2010 — WiMax and 3G will help deliver India’s broadband market goals during the next six to eight years, according to Kuldeep Goyal, chairman and managing director (CMD) of state-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) . Speaking here today at the Mobile Broadband... 

GMR Group is one of the fastest growing infrastructure organizations in the country with interests in airports, highways and urban infrastructure, including SEZs. Employing the public private partnership model, the Group has successfully implemented several infrastructure projects in India. With a whole lot of businesses that... 

While 3G auction in India takes it’s own sweet time, WiMAX is setting a strong foothold (a report suggests that WiMAX subscribers in India will outnumber 3G subscribers). As per Infonetics report, India is the most ripe market for WiMAX with VoIP playing a key role in adoption. Few interesting insights from the report: ... 

WiMAX technology works little different than WiFi technology. In wifi computers can be connected through wireless LAN card to near by access point, wireless router or any Hotspot, it does not works this way when we talk about connectivity in WiMAX. WiMAX network connectivity constitutes of two parts, one can define as WiMAX... 

WiMAX is a wireless digital communications system, also known as IEEE 802.16, that is intended for wireless “metropolitan area networks”. WiMAX can provide broadband wireless access (BWA) up to 30 miles (50 km) for fixed stations, and 3 – 10 miles (5 – 15 km) for mobile stations. In contrast, the WiFi/802.11...