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Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access or better know as just WiMAX is coming to India. According to Om Malik, BSNL made a major announcement that they would deploy WiMAX in six major cities in India. Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune are said to be on the list. On the other hand, VSNL is working on establishing wireless networks in 65 cities, which would later be expanded to 200 cities. Intel has planned WiMAX trials in Mumbai. Alcatel and Dishnet are also deploying their wireless networks in India.

For consumers WiMAX will offer speeds upto 2 megabits per second. Since the transmitting costs are high, the subscription cost would also be higher than your wired counterparts. Research firms Maravedis and Tonse Telecom India predict that WiMAX subscription base will reach 13 million by 2010. I’m glad that WiMAX is going to come to India.



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  1. This is indeed a great development for us. Depending on what plans they offer I may switch to them :)

  2. it is great to see hyderabad in the list :) …Btw you saw wp tees? unluckly they ship only in US.

  3. Now even the Wi-Fi is getting older. Wi-Max can make complete campuses, localitieseven cities go wireless in seconds. With this technology you can access internet in a plane which is 40000 ft above

  4. Ajay: Yeah, I won’t mind spending few thousand bucks a month to get WiMAX to my place.

    r9studio: Ah.. now I can bet that you live in Hyderabad. Yeah, The T-Shirt looks cool. Maybe I’ll print one myself. Anybody interested ?

    Ashish: Na.. WiFi will still serve for short range Wireless Internet need (like cafeterias and Malls)

  5. i didnt say it would be eradicated.WI fi is still there but we still use bluetooth.

    It will all depend where u need what!!

  6. Thilak: print the t-shirt?How

  7. aaaarrrgggh where is jalandhar :lol:

  8. Ashish: Yeah, Your right.

    r9studio: Using T-Shirt transfer paper and a inkjet printer.

    Lovedeep: It might be in the 200 city list :D

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