BSNL unveils WiMax Service
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 14 December 2009, 14:47 IST   |    4 Comments
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BSNL unveils WiMax Service
Jaipur/New Delhi: BSNL has become the first operator in India to launch wireless broadband service. It has launched this service in rural areas with a tariff of 140 per month, according to PTI. BSNL wireless broadband services, using WiMAX technology, was launched by Minister of State Sachin Pilot from his constituency Ajmer. The service was launched at a function in Pisangan Telephone Exchange in Ajmer district. "This unique technology has been deployed for the first time in our country. Through this BSNL will usher in a new era of growth in rural areas. This technology offers broadband speed of 7 Mbps at a distance of 15kms," said Pilot. The high speed wireless broadband connectivity will offer video conferencing, enabling tele-medicine and tele-education, besides providing other services like payment of utility bills, issue of birth certificates, land records and vehicle registration. The minister further said that this project will be associated with all the 'common service centres' in rural areas, which are associated with e-Governance projects started by the state governments. In the first phase, BSNL would cover 1000 block headquarters across the country and the remaining block headquarters will be connected through 50,000 common service centres in next phase. The rural common service centres are part of the Bharat Nirman Programme of the UPA government.

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