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Huawei and BSNL Launch WiMAX Network in Rajasthan, India

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. has launched the first Indian WiMAX commercial network in Ajmer, Rajasthan in partnership with India Communications Corporation Limited (BSNL), announced the leading Chinese telecommunications equipment provider. The WiMAX network mainly provides high-speed data service for remote rural areas of the country, helping local residents to get the latest information relating to business, education, and medical treatment. Huawei has provided BSNL with WiMAX 802.16e, the… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on December 30, 2009 at 8:32pm — 1 Comment

Mobile WiMAX in India? Forget it !

Well, after a great deal of waiting, and as the commonwealth games are due in 2010, the auctions of 3G could not be postponed any longer. How could one tell the world at that time that we are now the only major country in Asia that does not have 3G yet?.It also pinches that there is no mobile TV or HDTV or digital terrestrial broadcasting.Also the fact that 4G-LTE netorks are about to be commissioned in Japan and USA does not add to any showoffs of technology which needs to be displayed at big e… Continue

Added by Amitabh on September 4, 2009 at 8:30am — 21 Comments

Is India's WiMAX Project Doomed To Fail?

Is India's WiMAX Project Doomed To Fail? India - Tenders - 10 Aug 2009 - MTNL Indian state-owned operator MTNL is seeking to deploy its WiMAX network on a franchisee basis. Bidders have been invited to a tender, which will see the winner establish and run the company's WiMAX operations. The company joins fellow state-owned operator BSNL in offering this type of agreement. The advantages for both BSNL and MTNL are the minimised risks and costs involved. Low Penetration To Impact WiMAX Chances In… Continue

Added by Naomi Liu on August 17, 2009 at 10:29pm — 4 Comments

Narrowbanding WiMAX in India

Narrowbanding WiMAX 5 Jan 2009 It appears that the Foggy weather in Delhi extends to much more than just atmosphere, certainly to the Foggy Policies and to the ministries of Telecom and Finance. The Ministry of Finance has recommended the doubling of the reserve prices to $ 8 Billion for 3G and $ 4 Billion for WiMAX. Even though such events are quite common to policy watchers and hardly ruffle any feathers, this one takes the cake for a number of reasons. In principle we are not opposed to the… Continue

Added by Amitabh on January 5, 2009 at 7:30am — 5 Comments

Information Memorundum for 3G and BWA ( WiMAX) auctions in India released !

The Department of Telecom has today released the Information memorandum setting in motion the process of 3G and Broadbandband spectrum auction. The document is available on the DOT website ( http://www.dot.gov.in/as/Auctionindex.htm) The start of the 3G auction is from 16 Jan 2009 and the BWA auction begins two days after the closure of the 3G auction. For WiMAX, the spectrum will be auctioned in the 2.3 and 2.5 GHz bands. Three blocks of 20 MHz are on the block for auction. The exact frequncie… Continue

Added by Amitabh on December 12, 2008 at 8:47am — 4 Comments

All Set for WiMAX Frequency Auctions in India on Jan 16, 2009

Major broadband operators who have been trying to make the best of WiMAX technology may now have reason to cheer as the DOT plans to auction the prime WiMAX spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band. This auction, which forms a part of the pre-announced plan for the auction of 3G and WiMAX spectrum is being considered very important by the potential bidders owing to many reasons. First, the 2.5 GHz band is ideally suited for Mobile WiMAX and WiMAX Forum approved profiles and devices certified for the profile… Continue

Added by Amitabh on November 27, 2008 at 11:13pm — 10 Comments

Wireless Knowledge Working Group and Workshop 2009

A Workshop ( Wireless India 2009) on March 2-4 2009 promises to be a major regulatory and policy maker melting pot. A dedicated group of experts ( Wireless Knowledge Woking group ) is now putting final touches to one of the largest wireless events of its kind to be held in India. Involving WiMAX, 3G and Mobile Broadcasting, this promises to bring together all the wireless technologies, their regulation and resource allocation ( such as spectrum) under a scanner. Watch out for more details. htt… Continue

Added by Amitabh Kumar on October 27, 2008 at 6:05am — 3 Comments

WiMAX and 3G in India Delayed Again!

The sorry saga of WiMAX in India continues. We think India is vitally important to the health of the mobile WiMAX industry as it is potentially the largest emerging market for that technology. China has shown no interest in WiMAX and is pursuing their homegrown 3G technology instead. So that leaves India as the kingpin for WiMAX deployment in developing markets. For background info, please refer to: http://viodi.com/2008/08/11/wimax-in-india/ It seems we've been duped again. Having been told b… Continue

Added by Alan J Weissberger on October 24, 2008 at 11:40am — 4 Comments

Indian Policies now recognize Mobile WiMAX as an alternative technology to 3G

The newly announced changes to the 3G auction Policy and the WiMAX spectrum auctions now contains elements of recognition that WiMAX is not simply a way to extend wireless but an entirely viable and complete technology in itself. The recognition of the importance of WiMAX to be able to operate as an independent network providing voice, video and data services came in the form of doubling of the minimum reserve price for WiMAX auctions from Rs. 50.5 Billion ( $1.2Billion) to Rs 100.10 Billion ( $… Continue

Added by Amitabh Kumar on September 12, 2008 at 2:08am — 2 Comments

India Needs to Wake up to the Mobile WiMAX Reality

The WiMAX signals emanating from India are indeed strong, with companies such as Tata Communications committing $ 500 million on the rollouts. Companies in India such as Telsima are also technology suppliers worldwide. However the present rollouts in India are mostly based on Fixed WiMAX in the 3.4-3.6 GHz bands. The reality however is that virtually all new rollouts are now happening with Mobile WiMAX in 2.5 or 2.3 GHz bands. Mobile WiMAX technology is vastly superior with features such as Wave… Continue

Added by Amitabh Kumar on April 22, 2008 at 6:44am — No Comments