Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: [ on 04:00 PM 1/16/2008 ]
Are you saying _Reliance_ may have regulatory issues in India?
No, I'm saying WiMAX is having regulatory issues in India.
See, for example,
http://www.wimax.com/commentary/blog/blog-2007/wimax-problems-in-india
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It seems that India (home to over 1 billion people) is having
problems with deploying WiMAX. This is in part due to the government
taking its time in allocating spectrum to system integrators and
ISP's. According to a news source, the globally used band for WiMAX
is 2.5 GHz - 2.7 GHZ, but in India this band is locked for satellite
based mobile and broadcast applications such as national emergencies
and natural disasters.
What is available is the 2.3 GHz- 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz that has been
allocated to several IPS's. According to the ISP's, these bands are
good for trials only, but not for city wide and commercial
deployment. The key players of WiMAX and even 3G have asked the
Indian government to release higher band frequencies so that
deployment can be made, but government officials are confused as to
how much and at what price they should let go of the spectrum. On the
other hand, the department of Defense has certain frequency bands
under its belt, which it is unwilling to give up for any price.
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