Sify wimax :I am sure not many of you may have heard about sify wimax services but yes they are in the pipeline and I am hoping that this new sify wimax service doesn’t turn out to be a disaster like sify’s cable broadband which I use these days here in Delhi and hate it ever min I use it.
Sify wimax is supposed to be launched at New delhi first and then one by one in other cities depending upon various factors.
I will keep you guys updated on any new developments or when I find out about the launch dates
The question that is troubling the whole telecom industry is that whether 3G is better or Wimax. This Wimax vs 3G war is heating up. Here is a look at both the technologies.
3G is a popular cellular technology around the world. The infrastructure used by 3G is actually an upgrade of the existing GSM infrastructure available in India. the users in India are really familiar with GSM, therefore the migration to 3G is not going to be hard for the consumers.
Also there are various handsets available in the market that can support dual-mode UMTS/GSM; hence it is a technology that can be easily accepted in India.
On the other hand, WiMax is a popular broadband technology. Wimax is designed to provide an internet access at really high data rates. WiMax when used as a cellular network is able to operate on a licensed spectrum. Still the WiMax enabled devices are not to be available until later next year.
The 3G technology is currently in operation in more than 77 countries and the 3.5G technology is available in more than 63 countries. Hence the 3G technology has a much wider coverage. Therefore it has a much wider coverage.
On the other hand, the WiMax technology will take a much longer to achieve a coverage like 3G all over the world. An important thing is being heard in the industry that in places where there is no Wimax coverage, the connection is to be handed off to a 3G network. However the users will need dual mode devices. Also the users will need a dual-mode device that can be connected to the WiMax network in the cities and to the 3G network in the rural areas.
Well it can be really said that the in the Wimax vs 3G war, 3G clearly emerges as a winner.
India will experience the greatest ever internet invasion ever in the next couple of years with wimax service by bsnl wimax covering the entire nation under its new plans which intend to cover the whole country under the wimax umbrella in the next year and a half. Its not just bsnl wimax which is going to provide wimax services in India but there is a bunch of service provider ready to roll out wimax service pretty soon. The ones I know of are Reliance wimax, sify wimax, mtnl wimax and a few others which have plans in the pipeline and some of them are applying for licenses at the moment. Reliance wimax has already been launched in Bangalore and Pune with plans for a Mumbai launch any time soon.
In India the wired form of delivering internet connection has not seen a lot of success mainly due to poor infrastructure unlike China where things are better planned for technology to come before hand.
I would really welcome this wimax intrusion in India internet market which will transform the lives of millions in the next two years.
  Bsnl the government run telecom company is planning on spending $750 million to roll out wimax on a very large scale which will cover the whole of India and will benefit the rural areas in a big way. The conventional wired broadband is not doing any good to the rural India as most of it still remains unconnected, Its just the gprs connections which are available in those areas which are very slow speed as we all know.
Bsnl wimax is going to bring a new broadband race in India with the whole of India capable of connecting to the internet without having to worry about cables or telephone lines.
Wimax is proposed to be launched in India and a number of other nations very soon and is soon going to be available across the globe making it the most widely used communication technology. In India wimax deployment is delayed due to the government of India’s pending decision on allocation of spectrum for commercial wimax services. Majority of spectrum which is worldwide used for wimax is being held up by the defence forces in India which is creating further delay as the defence forces are not ready to give up their frequencies which are not even being used for any purpose at all.
Nokia has announced the launch of their first ever wimax enabled phone which is scheduled to be launched in India in January 2008. The option of installing external applications and programmes will give it ability to be used for programmes like skype and other voip applications hence bringing down the cost of mobile communication down substantially. I am hoping that the phone be priced very aggressively for it to be affordable in India.