http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 25th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Now I can consider upgrading my 64kbps connection with 100mb per month download limit.]]>Jan 24th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Hope you got the picture.]]>Jan 25th 2008 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/
...there that comment was as ignorant as yours.]]>Jan 24th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/

Your question is similar to those idiots in the 70s who questioned India's entry into the remote-sensing satellites, before. Rice, before space, they argued.

Well, the prinipal beneficiary of India's space programme has been the Indian farmer. With weather reports, soil conditions and precious data of the like, Indian agriculture has got a boost that not many others have managed so.]]>Jan 24th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/
Wot a classic]]>Jan 24th 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/
You lowlife.]]>Jan 25th 2008 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/
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India is farrr behind in this !!

http://www.pccunion.com]]>Jan 24th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/:-|]]>Jan 24th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/

http://www.informationmadness.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=49]]>Jan 24th 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Good for Pakistan. Many Indian cities have had wimax running city-wide for a couple of years now - just by private operators. The BSNL news is big because now the govt. is getting it's ass in motion - which might (if all goes well) end up meaning INdians may soon start considering access to the Internet their birth right as they do cell phones right now! ]]>Jan 27th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Their speeds are not overstated and are consistent unlike reliance or tata indicom.]]>Jan 24th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 26th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/
10 million? Thats 1 lakh connections. BSNL has 30 Lakh subscribers. Thats 300 million, 1/3rd the population of India.

Thats a difference of magnitude. I hate to turn this page into a indo-pak slugfest, but this had to be pointed out.

Rolling out technology in cities is no big deal. Making it work for 300 million people with a minimum quality of service is. You would understand BSNL's achievement better if i told you that cellular networks now connect some of the most remote villages in India, places which do not have electricity. Villagers go once a week to the nearby village to charge their Nokia 1108's.

BSNL has the experience to make technology work for the benefit of a huge number of people. WiMax will power Indian villages en masse into the Internet age.

One small thing.. BSNL is not a private company. It is owned by the the Indian govt and not by some sheik in Dubai.]]>Jan 24th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/btw wateen is ripping people off, and your claim that bsnl will help bring tech to the masses, well no offense, but i doubt anybody thinks of anything but profit...still, as you pointed out, its a govt owned company, so they just might;-)]]>Jan 24th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/
1 lakh = 100 000

1 crore = 10 000 000

total wireline connections in india = about 40 000 000. BSNL has about 32 000 000.

since no one has asked the obvious question, i will. WHAT FREQUENCY BAND IS THIS NETWORK USING? standard 3.5 ghz is occupied. if they build outside the international standard band, this will be prohibitively expensive, even for the indian gubmint.]]>Jan 25th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/30 Lakhs is 3 million. Nowhere near the population of India my friend]]>Jan 26th 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 24th 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/Jan 25th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/indian-telecom-company-to-rollout-massive-wimax-network/

WiMax is present in most areas of the two cities I mentioned. Reliance is building towers at the rate of 3 per month, to facilitate the demand. You can look up reviews on the service from a lot of users.]]>Jan 27th 2008 11:35AM