WiMAX facility for Infosys Bangalore Employees

SDA-India reports that Aircelhas received requests from IT majors such as Intel, TCS, Infosys and Wipro to provide WiMAX facility to their employees so that they can work out of homes in case of emergencies.

Aircel is a registered member of the WiMAX Forum. Aircel has launched wireless Internet services through WiMAX technology in Bangalore after Chennai. Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access, popularly known as the WiMAX technology, enables 'last mile' connectivity using Near Line Of Site (NLOS) wireless equipment.

"Initially, Aircel aims to make Bangalore 'wire-free' using WiMAX technology enabling wireless Internet connectivity for SME, enterprise and residential use," said Ram Shinde, senior vice president, Aircel Business Solutions, while announcing the launch.

The release said that Aircel was also identifying and deploying Wi-Fi 'hotspots' throughout the city with indoor and outdoor points backhauled with WiMAX. Internet services at these 'hotspots' would be enabled through pre-paid cards integrated with Payment Gateways for on-line registration and subsequently activated using the 'Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting (AAA) mechanism.

Aircel has enabled the WiMAX based internet connectivity at the Palace Grounds, the venue for the four day Asia's largest IT Event beginning October 28 to enable the exhibitors and business delegates to get a first hand experience of the technology.
The company was also in the process of Wi-MAXing Vidhan Soudha, the state's secretariat that housed the Assembly and the Council, and adjacent buildings belonging to the state government.

The release said with WiMAX, end users could have Internet accessibility based on portable technologies at an affodable price.

WiMAX is unaffected by environmental or climatic disturbances and provided relief to organisations from 'last mile' connectivity concerns both in urban and rural areas with limited network infrastructure. The company also quoted a forecast, which suggested that the WiMAX subscriber base in India was likely to cross 12 million by 2012.

The company had recently launched WiMAX in Chennai with 90 per cent coverage across commercial areas in Chennai and has already enabled wireless connectivity for SME and enterprise clients through WiMAX based on 802.16d standards at a speed range of 2 to 10 Mbps. This would help the end user to stay connected to the Internet and Intranet with high uptime, the company said.

The State Government has invited competitive bids from five entities, including the public sector ITIL, Spanco, Microsense and KBIT to set up a USD 20 million project to unwire Bangalore city covering a serviceable area of more than 500 sq km from January-February next year.

Aircel would team up with either ITI or Microsense depending upon the outcome of the bidding process, the official said.

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