WiMAX equipment will be installed in Pune
Taking a leap over Bangalore and Hyderabad, Pune will become the first Indian city to have a high-speed wireless Internet network even before the Centre’s much-awaited spectrum policy is announced. The ambitious project, when complete, will enable people to access the Internet from anywhere in the city, without a cable, through their laptops or personal digital assistants (PDAs). The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is to implement WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies to provide wireless Internet access to around 400 sq km of the city. The PMC has set aside around Rs 7 crore and it will take around one year to complete the project.
The ambitious Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) project announced by municipal commissioner Nitin Kareer last year took off on Monday for areas near Sambhaji Park and PMC headquarters. Termed Unwiring Pune, the project was jointly announced by global chip-maker Intel Corporation and PMC in March 2006 and was kick-started recently. Intel, along with Chennai-based Microsense, will establish infrastructure for a wireless communication network as technical advisors and service providers respectively covering the entire 280 sq km of this cultural center of Maharashtra in area including Deccan Gymkhana, Aundh, Baner and Model colony within four months and the entire city in the next 12-18 months, Municipal Commissioner Nitin Kareer said at the function to launch the project. Kareer said it was an attempt to provide easy internet access to citizens at all open spaces in the city at affordable rates. "Currently, the service will be provided free of cost, until it is extended to the 20 sq km when the project will be commercially launched at nominal user charges for which the modalities have to be worked out," Kareer said.
While Intel will provide design and planning support, Microsense will carry out network deployment. Microsense was involved in establishing a wireless Internet network at the airport here. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Intel Managing Director (South Asia) R Sivakumar, Pune Mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale and others will flag off the project. The technology used will be Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, commonly known as WiMAX, and wireless fidelity or wi-fi. WiMAX is claimed to be the most cost-efficient way of building wireless data networks and a means to link people over large distances for "last mile" connectivity and bridging the digital divide. However, deployment of WiMax faces delays as the Central government is yet to announce its spectrum policy, which will allot bandwidth for high-speed connectivity.
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the chief guest for the function, said the project initiated by PMC would be useful to all sections of the society and professionals from all fields. The wireless connectivity will surely help boost these fields further," Pawar said.
The ambitious Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) project announced by municipal commissioner Nitin Kareer last year took off on Monday for areas near Sambhaji Park and PMC headquarters. Termed Unwiring Pune, the project was jointly announced by global chip-maker Intel Corporation and PMC in March 2006 and was kick-started recently. Intel, along with Chennai-based Microsense, will establish infrastructure for a wireless communication network as technical advisors and service providers respectively covering the entire 280 sq km of this cultural center of Maharashtra in area including Deccan Gymkhana, Aundh, Baner and Model colony within four months and the entire city in the next 12-18 months, Municipal Commissioner Nitin Kareer said at the function to launch the project. Kareer said it was an attempt to provide easy internet access to citizens at all open spaces in the city at affordable rates. "Currently, the service will be provided free of cost, until it is extended to the 20 sq km when the project will be commercially launched at nominal user charges for which the modalities have to be worked out," Kareer said.
While Intel will provide design and planning support, Microsense will carry out network deployment. Microsense was involved in establishing a wireless Internet network at the airport here. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Intel Managing Director (South Asia) R Sivakumar, Pune Mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale and others will flag off the project. The technology used will be Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, commonly known as WiMAX, and wireless fidelity or wi-fi. WiMAX is claimed to be the most cost-efficient way of building wireless data networks and a means to link people over large distances for "last mile" connectivity and bridging the digital divide. However, deployment of WiMax faces delays as the Central government is yet to announce its spectrum policy, which will allot bandwidth for high-speed connectivity.
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the chief guest for the function, said the project initiated by PMC would be useful to all sections of the society and professionals from all fields. The wireless connectivity will surely help boost these fields further," Pawar said.
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