New Year gift for laptop users
S. Rajendran BANGALORE: Laptop users in Bangalore will get seamless computer connectivity from January 2007. The Government has decided to first introduce it in Bangalore and then extend it to Mysore and Mangalore, which are emerging as major information technology hubs. A trial run for a fortnight from October 22 has been cleared by the Government and this will be operated by the mobile service provider, Aircel, free of cost to all those who operate a laptop within a radius of 20 km from the Vidhana Soudha. This trial run will be on till November 5 and will synchronise with the IT.in 2006, a mega event for the information technology sector. Key demand The new Secretary for Information Technology and Biotechnology, M.N. Vidyashankar, told The Hindu here on Friday that the seamless laptop computer connectivity would go a long way in satisfying the demands of the information technology sector. Providing continuous connectivity to laptops was part of the infrastructure demanded by the information technology sector. This demand had become justified all the more because of the traffic jams on Bangalore roads and the consequent increased time that the engineers had been spending in reaching their work places. With the seamless laptop connectivity using WYMAX technology, the software engineers can begin their day's work right in their car or a bus. During the recent Karnataka bandh, software engineers remained unaffected because they either worked from their home or reached their offices early. Good network Sources in the Government said another South Indian city was the first in the country to introduce mobile laptop connectivity to the web and internet but this was not quite effective since it was not seamless. The towers situated in that city were apparently not well connected resulting in a series of complaints. This was not the case with Bangalore because all the cellphone towers were closely linked and with a recent order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the tower of one service provider could be used by others by paying rentals. Mr. Vidyashankar said the State Government was only playing a facilitator. >From January, owners of laptops would have to pay a fee to the service provider. The new facility for which the infrastructure is expected to cost Rs. 5 crore, would be available up to Hebbal in the north, Whitefield in the east, Magadi Road in the west and Kengeri in the south. Shadab Husain Mo: 9335206224 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
