NEW DELHI: State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), which has got spectrum for pan-India rollout of wireless broadband and WiMax services, will soon float expression of interest (EoI) for identifying potential franchisees for launching these services in 16 circles. BSNL will continue with the franchisee model for WiMax rollout in the country.
As first reported by ET, BSNL had already chosen US-based mobile WiMax systems provider Soma Networks as a franchisee to rollout WiMax services in three states including, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. The alliance is expected to provide broadband data and voice services to more than 200 million people.
The deployment process in these states has already surpassed the deadline of August 15 this year, due to frequency issue, a BSNL source told ET. The current franchisee model has a revenue sharing structure of 70:30, with 70% of revenue reserved for the franchisee. This structure will differ from circle to circle, from state to state, according to the franchisee and the framework for bids, the BSNL executive added.
BSNL is also keen on following the franchisee model for rural WiMax deployment. It has floated a tender for 1,000 base transceiver station (BTS) and is expected to shortlist a potential player for deployment of 1 BTS by end of September this year. The operator expects to set up 500 BTSs by March 2009. BSNL has rights to 1,000 blocks.
With a rapidly growing middle class and highly educated population, India is seen as a country that will have enormous potential for broadband services. By deploying end-to-end mobile WiMax solution through franchisee model, BSNL will bring a full range of multimedia services to the entire country. India has 4.38 million broadband internet users as of June 2008, as per the latest report from telecom regulator Trai.
Source : EconomicTimes
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Government to connect 5,000 blocks with broadband
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday said it would connect 5,000 blocks through wireless broadband soon after the allocation of the third generation spectrum.
In a statement, the Department of Telecom (DoT) said this will be done with support from DoT's Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) after allocation of spectrum through an auction later this year.
Private players contribute five percent of their earnings to the USOF, which is aimed at promoting rural telephony.
The villages that come in the radius of 10 kilometres of the block headquarters will be connected, DoT said.
With this step, schools, public health centres, village panchayats and the community service centres (CSCs) meant to provide e-governance and data services to rural areas would be benefited.
Currently, the state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) provides broadband to 1,000 blocks out of around 6,000 in the country.
Similarly, about 50,000 out of a proposed 100,000 CSCs are covered by BSNL broadband. DoT's new initiative is likely to cover the remaining blocks and all CSCs.
Besides, DoT also proposes to support wireline broadband by USOF wherever feasible, the statement added.
The government has held discussions with technology providers, telecom operators and Internet service providers for meeting its wireless broadband plan and to formalise the tender procedures, specifications and deliverable formulation, and benchmarks.
Source : EconomicTimes
In a statement, the Department of Telecom (DoT) said this will be done with support from DoT's Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) after allocation of spectrum through an auction later this year.
Private players contribute five percent of their earnings to the USOF, which is aimed at promoting rural telephony.
The villages that come in the radius of 10 kilometres of the block headquarters will be connected, DoT said.
With this step, schools, public health centres, village panchayats and the community service centres (CSCs) meant to provide e-governance and data services to rural areas would be benefited.
Currently, the state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) provides broadband to 1,000 blocks out of around 6,000 in the country.
Similarly, about 50,000 out of a proposed 100,000 CSCs are covered by BSNL broadband. DoT's new initiative is likely to cover the remaining blocks and all CSCs.
Besides, DoT also proposes to support wireline broadband by USOF wherever feasible, the statement added.
The government has held discussions with technology providers, telecom operators and Internet service providers for meeting its wireless broadband plan and to formalise the tender procedures, specifications and deliverable formulation, and benchmarks.
Source : EconomicTimes
Saturday, July 12, 2008
BSNL Plans WiMax Testing In Vizag. BSNL, MTNL To Get 3G Spectrum
BSNL has plans to test WiMax in Vizag, along with Pune and Ahmedabad, reports The Hindu. In the recent times, broadband usage in Vizag has risen tremendously, and this new initiative, said Mr. G.V Ramakrishna, Deputy General Manager, BSNL, will help in meeting the rising demand for the broadband access.
In an interview, Mr. G.V Ramakrishna said,
In another news the Department of Telecommunication has decided to allocate one block of 3G spectrum to state owned carriers BSNL and MTNL , in the circles where they operate respectively, reports Business Standard. The spectrum will be allocated to these players at a price equivalent to the highest bid received for that circle.
A reserve price has been set up for different circles. The reserve price for Delhi, Mumbai and Category ‘A’ circles is Rs.160. And the reserve price for Category ‘B’ and ‘C’ circles is set at Rs. 80 crores and Rs.30 crores respectively.
Both of these things have been pending for ages now. I just hope we can get uniform and ubiquitous Internet connectivity via WiMax and my cell carrier finally offers me blazing fast downloads of Youtube videos.
Source : WatBlog
In an interview, Mr. G.V Ramakrishna said,
“Fourteen locations have been identified, including the special economic zone at Atchyuthapuram, to provide the facility. The cell towers will be used to install the equipment which will be arriving here by September-end. WiMax will take care of the demand for new broadband connections”
In another news the Department of Telecommunication has decided to allocate one block of 3G spectrum to state owned carriers BSNL and MTNL , in the circles where they operate respectively, reports Business Standard. The spectrum will be allocated to these players at a price equivalent to the highest bid received for that circle.
A reserve price has been set up for different circles. The reserve price for Delhi, Mumbai and Category ‘A’ circles is Rs.160. And the reserve price for Category ‘B’ and ‘C’ circles is set at Rs. 80 crores and Rs.30 crores respectively.
Both of these things have been pending for ages now. I just hope we can get uniform and ubiquitous Internet connectivity via WiMax and my cell carrier finally offers me blazing fast downloads of Youtube videos.
Source : WatBlog
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Motorola eyes big Wi-MAX deals in India; to bid for BSNL proj
US-based telecom equipment maker Motorola is eyeing big Wi-MAX contracts in India and is planning to bid for state-run BSNL's urban Wi-MAX project.
"We are very much focused on Wi-MAX...we had bid for BSNL's rural Wi-MAX project and our bid is in the technical evaluation stage and after this proof concept would start," Subhendu Mohanty, Motorola India Country Head, Home & Network Mobility Business, said.
Wi-MAX is a standard-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL.
The rural project of BSNL includes offering broadband connection through the Wi-MAX network in 40,000 odd primary and secondary schools by 2008. Additionally, BSNL will set up 50,000 Wi-MAX kiosks.
The second tender valued at Rs 2,000 crore will see BSNL's plans for urban areas and will include roll out of Wi-MAX services in 70 cities across the country in 2008. Motorola is planning to bid for this as well.
These are opportunities in the range of 100-150 mn dollars, Mohanty said. The US-major is currently engaged in the trial run of Bharti's Wi-MAX project.
Motorola, which faces stiff competition from rivals like Nokia Siemens Network, Ericsson, was last year disqualified by BSNL from participating in its 3G network on technical ground. Although Wi-MAX contracts are much lesser in size, they can supplement a network vender's revenue.
Source : EconomicTimes
"We are very much focused on Wi-MAX...we had bid for BSNL's rural Wi-MAX project and our bid is in the technical evaluation stage and after this proof concept would start," Subhendu Mohanty, Motorola India Country Head, Home & Network Mobility Business, said.
Wi-MAX is a standard-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL.
The rural project of BSNL includes offering broadband connection through the Wi-MAX network in 40,000 odd primary and secondary schools by 2008. Additionally, BSNL will set up 50,000 Wi-MAX kiosks.
The second tender valued at Rs 2,000 crore will see BSNL's plans for urban areas and will include roll out of Wi-MAX services in 70 cities across the country in 2008. Motorola is planning to bid for this as well.
These are opportunities in the range of 100-150 mn dollars, Mohanty said. The US-major is currently engaged in the trial run of Bharti's Wi-MAX project.
Motorola, which faces stiff competition from rivals like Nokia Siemens Network, Ericsson, was last year disqualified by BSNL from participating in its 3G network on technical ground. Although Wi-MAX contracts are much lesser in size, they can supplement a network vender's revenue.
Source : EconomicTimes
Saturday, June 28, 2008
BSNL launches its EVDO facility in Rajkot
Claiming to be more quicker and cheaper than private operators, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Friday launched its EVDO (evolution data only) system.
Talking to reporters, BSNL General Manager (Rajkot circle) Ramchandran said, Rajkot has become the first city in Gujarat to have such facility.
The facility, includes wireless broadband, would gradually be available in Vadodara, Ahmedabad and other parts of the state, he said.
The facility will have speed up to two MBPS and no need to have landline connection.
The users need to have US port in their laptops or desk tops to use this system. BSNL will charge Rs 500 for the activation of the system, said Ayesh Siddiqui, BSNL public relation officer.
Users can use the system unlimited by paying monthly rent of Rs 550 and there will no extra charge for the additional usage of the system.
Source : EconomicTimes
Talking to reporters, BSNL General Manager (Rajkot circle) Ramchandran said, Rajkot has become the first city in Gujarat to have such facility.
The facility, includes wireless broadband, would gradually be available in Vadodara, Ahmedabad and other parts of the state, he said.
The facility will have speed up to two MBPS and no need to have landline connection.
The users need to have US port in their laptops or desk tops to use this system. BSNL will charge Rs 500 for the activation of the system, said Ayesh Siddiqui, BSNL public relation officer.
Users can use the system unlimited by paying monthly rent of Rs 550 and there will no extra charge for the additional usage of the system.
Source : EconomicTimes
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
BSNL to start JV for manufacturing broadband equipment
State-run telecom major BSNL is planning to start a joint venture company with private firms to manufacture customer equipment for its broadband service.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd proposes to set up a Joint Venture with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) firm for manufacture of the latest generation ADSL 2+ CPEs or customer premises equipment like modems to be used on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's Broadband service, at its Telecom Factory at Kolkata, a company official said today.
It is the largest Telecom Service Provider in India having countrywide presence with over 73 million subscribers.
Telecom Factories are the in-house production units of BSNL and are engaged in the production of variety of Telecom equipments. It has a broadband subscriber base of over 1.5 million subscribers.
The proposed JV will Design and Develop a range of models of ADSL2+ CPEs exclusively for BSNL as per TEC/BSNL specifications taking into consideration the market conditions prevailing in India.
The OEM would be responsible for the transfer of technology for setting up facilities for design, manufacture, assembly and testing of about 1 Million ADSL2+ CPEs per annum. The ADSL2+ CPEs would be launched by BSNL in the market under its own brand name.
The JV partner apart from investing in the production line will also be responsible for arranging of funds to meet the working capital of JV Company at competitive market rate.
After meeting the requirement of the BSNL, the JV Company would be free to sell these items in the open market or export.
Source: EconomicTimes
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd proposes to set up a Joint Venture with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) firm for manufacture of the latest generation ADSL 2+ CPEs or customer premises equipment like modems to be used on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's Broadband service, at its Telecom Factory at Kolkata, a company official said today.
It is the largest Telecom Service Provider in India having countrywide presence with over 73 million subscribers.
Telecom Factories are the in-house production units of BSNL and are engaged in the production of variety of Telecom equipments. It has a broadband subscriber base of over 1.5 million subscribers.
The proposed JV will Design and Develop a range of models of ADSL2+ CPEs exclusively for BSNL as per TEC/BSNL specifications taking into consideration the market conditions prevailing in India.
The OEM would be responsible for the transfer of technology for setting up facilities for design, manufacture, assembly and testing of about 1 Million ADSL2+ CPEs per annum. The ADSL2+ CPEs would be launched by BSNL in the market under its own brand name.
The JV partner apart from investing in the production line will also be responsible for arranging of funds to meet the working capital of JV Company at competitive market rate.
After meeting the requirement of the BSNL, the JV Company would be free to sell these items in the open market or export.
Source: EconomicTimes
Friday, June 6, 2008
BSNL pulls out of Singapore cable project
NEW DELHI: State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is understood to have pulled out of the over Rs 1,500 crore Singapore undersea cable project.
BSNL had joined hands with another state-owned telecom firm MTNL in September 2006 to build an undersea cable from India to Singapore and Malaysia.
BSNL confirmed that they would be buying bandwidth from MTNL.
Following this, MTNL will be working alone on the Rs 1,500 crore Singapore undersea cable project. However, MTNL officials declined to comment on the issue.
Scrips of the MTNL was quoting at Rs 94.65, up 1.18 per cent in late afternoon trade at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Source: EconomicTimes
BSNL had joined hands with another state-owned telecom firm MTNL in September 2006 to build an undersea cable from India to Singapore and Malaysia.
BSNL confirmed that they would be buying bandwidth from MTNL.
Following this, MTNL will be working alone on the Rs 1,500 crore Singapore undersea cable project. However, MTNL officials declined to comment on the issue.
Scrips of the MTNL was quoting at Rs 94.65, up 1.18 per cent in late afternoon trade at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Source: EconomicTimes
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
BSNL seeks free WiMAX entry
NEW DELHI: State-owned BSNL has sought that telecom regulator TRAI exempt it from paying any entry fee or licence fee for its upcoming WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) as it planned to provide these services largely in rural India. For private telecom operators and internet service providers, BSNL has sought that the government auction WiMAX spectrum and set a reserve price of Rs 10 crore, Rs 5 crore and Rs 2 crore for A ,B and C circles, respectively.
BSNL was replying to the Trai consultation process to determine the allocation and pricing methodology for new WiMAX frequencies—2.3-2.4 GHz, 2.5-2.69 GHz and 3.3-3.6 GHz bands. BSNL also wants Trai to lay a framework that will allow both telcos and ISPs to bid for WiMAX spectrum.
Telecom regulator Trai too favours a reserve price of Rs 10 crore, Rs 5 crore and Rs 2 crore for A, B and C circles, respectively, for WiMAX spectrum. Trai had arrived at this figure by basing the reserve price for WiMAX auction to be a fourth of that for the 3G spectrum auctions. The world’s largest chip manufacturer Intel and telecom network majors too have also written to Trai endorsing their support for the reserve price proposed by Trai for WiMAX spectrum auctions.
However, other private operators GSM through their industry association — The Cellular Operators Association of India — have told Trai that regulator cannot discuss the pricing and allocation of spectrum in these new WiMAX bands until there is ‘complete clarity on the quantum of radio frequencies available’.
“It is also not clear at this stage how much is the quantum of spectrum that is expected to be available in each band, both in the short as well as medium term. It may be appreciated that the time frame for the availability of spectrum as also its quantum, would be relevant both for issues related to pricing as well as for determining the future plans of the operators,” the COAI said.
WiMAX is an evolving technology that is considered a threat to telecom services, especially third generation mobile services. As per global industry experience, WiMAX offers data speeds that are 10-30 times faster than 3G.
Source: EconomicTimes
BSNL was replying to the Trai consultation process to determine the allocation and pricing methodology for new WiMAX frequencies—2.3-2.4 GHz, 2.5-2.69 GHz and 3.3-3.6 GHz bands. BSNL also wants Trai to lay a framework that will allow both telcos and ISPs to bid for WiMAX spectrum.
Telecom regulator Trai too favours a reserve price of Rs 10 crore, Rs 5 crore and Rs 2 crore for A, B and C circles, respectively, for WiMAX spectrum. Trai had arrived at this figure by basing the reserve price for WiMAX auction to be a fourth of that for the 3G spectrum auctions. The world’s largest chip manufacturer Intel and telecom network majors too have also written to Trai endorsing their support for the reserve price proposed by Trai for WiMAX spectrum auctions.
However, other private operators GSM through their industry association — The Cellular Operators Association of India — have told Trai that regulator cannot discuss the pricing and allocation of spectrum in these new WiMAX bands until there is ‘complete clarity on the quantum of radio frequencies available’.
“It is also not clear at this stage how much is the quantum of spectrum that is expected to be available in each band, both in the short as well as medium term. It may be appreciated that the time frame for the availability of spectrum as also its quantum, would be relevant both for issues related to pricing as well as for determining the future plans of the operators,” the COAI said.
WiMAX is an evolving technology that is considered a threat to telecom services, especially third generation mobile services. As per global industry experience, WiMAX offers data speeds that are 10-30 times faster than 3G.
Source: EconomicTimes
Friday, May 23, 2008
Ahmedabad to be connected using WiMAX network
AHMEDABAD: For those wanting to access Internet on the move, the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is planning to connect the city using a wireless network that will provide seamless access to Net.
Under a pilot project, the state-owend telecom firm would soon introduce WiMAX technology - a digital communication system that is intended for wireless "Metropolitan Area Network" -- in the city.
The network would provide broadband wireless access upto 50 km, official sources said here.
Source : EconomicTimes
Under a pilot project, the state-owend telecom firm would soon introduce WiMAX technology - a digital communication system that is intended for wireless "Metropolitan Area Network" -- in the city.
The network would provide broadband wireless access upto 50 km, official sources said here.
Source : EconomicTimes
Friday, April 4, 2008
Bharti, RCom, Tata & BSNL to invest over $4 bn to build undersea links
NEW DELHI: The communication boom in Asia is triggering a fresh round of submarine cable frenzy across the continent and this time around, all major Indian players—Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Communications and BSNL—are riding the boom.
Indian submarine players are stakeholders in almost all key cable projects announced in Asia recently, while in the case of Tata Communications and Reliance’s Flag, they are building the undersea links single-handedly. In total, they will invest over $4 billion over the next two years to build new undersea links. The logic: a significant chunk of the next trillion dollars in global communications space will come from Asian telcos whose bandwidth requirements are growing by the day.
For Indian corporates, the move by service providers to build multiple cable systems implies that they can adapt high bandwidth applications in the coming years without incurring huge additional expenses. The surge in cable capacity will also enable the Indian outsourcing industry to lease capacity on multiple cables without investing large amounts of money, thus safeguarding themselves from service disruptions.
The larger implication of the cable boom is that Indian consumers will have better broadband speeds and provide telcos requisite bandwidth to offer triple-play services including IPTV and HDTV. For Indian IT companies, larger bandwidth will help create and host content at home. Put simply, large number of companies will look to place their servers in India.
Analysts also believe that an important factor that is aiding Indian submarine cable players to go for route diversity is the industry’s demands for better network reliability. Indian and Asian corporates are seeking better protection especially in the wake of the recent cable cuts in Flag and SEA-ME-WE cables. “The impact of the recent outage was heavy on most small outsourcing firms and they are now contemplating building in redundancy to avoid a similar situation. With increased capacity, more such firms will be able to afford redundancy,” explained Integreon Global Knowledge Services senior vice-president, Lokendra Tomar.
“We cannot put all eggs into a single basket,” Bharti Airtel’s President for enterprise services David Nishball recently told ET when announcing that the company had joined hands with five international companies including internet giant Google to construct the ‘Unity’ sub-sea cable system linking the US and Japan.
Bharti was forced to reroute its traffic through its i2i cable when the SEA-ME-WE damaged earlier this year. Bharti has also joined two other consortiums — the 20,000 km-long Asia-America Gateway project and the I-Me-We system that will connect India to France via the Middle East. “Consortiums are the way to go forward. In a growing economy, we see increased demand from corporate and enterprise customers and we are therefore open to joining new consortiums to meet the bandwidth demands on all key routes. I see the need for another cable between Asia and Europe via India,” Mr Nishball had added.
Tata Communications is part of both the TGN Intra Asia and TGN Eurasia undersea cable consortiums. The 6,500 km Intra Asia will cover Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam while TGN Eurasia cable system will link Mumbai directly to Paris, London and Madrid via Egypt. Tata Communication executives say that this was part of the company’s plan to invest $2 billion for additional submarine cable systems connecting emerging markets in Asia, Middle East and Africa to Europe to meet the demands of consumer broadband and enterprise customers over the next 5-8 years.’
The most ambitious of these projects is FLAG NGN being built by RCom — The $1.5-billion undersea cable will cover 50,000 km and span 60 countries across continents. Millenium Telecom, a JV between state-owned PSUs, BSNL and MTNL will soon award contracts for both the West Asia and Singapore undersea links.
Analysts also say that the bandwidth boom spells good news for those Indian telecom operators who have not invested in the undersea link businesses. This is because, the increased capacity in addition to keeping bandwidth prices down will also ensure that the prices are competitive.
Source : EconomicTimes
Indian submarine players are stakeholders in almost all key cable projects announced in Asia recently, while in the case of Tata Communications and Reliance’s Flag, they are building the undersea links single-handedly. In total, they will invest over $4 billion over the next two years to build new undersea links. The logic: a significant chunk of the next trillion dollars in global communications space will come from Asian telcos whose bandwidth requirements are growing by the day.
For Indian corporates, the move by service providers to build multiple cable systems implies that they can adapt high bandwidth applications in the coming years without incurring huge additional expenses. The surge in cable capacity will also enable the Indian outsourcing industry to lease capacity on multiple cables without investing large amounts of money, thus safeguarding themselves from service disruptions.
The larger implication of the cable boom is that Indian consumers will have better broadband speeds and provide telcos requisite bandwidth to offer triple-play services including IPTV and HDTV. For Indian IT companies, larger bandwidth will help create and host content at home. Put simply, large number of companies will look to place their servers in India.
Analysts also believe that an important factor that is aiding Indian submarine cable players to go for route diversity is the industry’s demands for better network reliability. Indian and Asian corporates are seeking better protection especially in the wake of the recent cable cuts in Flag and SEA-ME-WE cables. “The impact of the recent outage was heavy on most small outsourcing firms and they are now contemplating building in redundancy to avoid a similar situation. With increased capacity, more such firms will be able to afford redundancy,” explained Integreon Global Knowledge Services senior vice-president, Lokendra Tomar.
“We cannot put all eggs into a single basket,” Bharti Airtel’s President for enterprise services David Nishball recently told ET when announcing that the company had joined hands with five international companies including internet giant Google to construct the ‘Unity’ sub-sea cable system linking the US and Japan.
Bharti was forced to reroute its traffic through its i2i cable when the SEA-ME-WE damaged earlier this year. Bharti has also joined two other consortiums — the 20,000 km-long Asia-America Gateway project and the I-Me-We system that will connect India to France via the Middle East. “Consortiums are the way to go forward. In a growing economy, we see increased demand from corporate and enterprise customers and we are therefore open to joining new consortiums to meet the bandwidth demands on all key routes. I see the need for another cable between Asia and Europe via India,” Mr Nishball had added.
Tata Communications is part of both the TGN Intra Asia and TGN Eurasia undersea cable consortiums. The 6,500 km Intra Asia will cover Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam while TGN Eurasia cable system will link Mumbai directly to Paris, London and Madrid via Egypt. Tata Communication executives say that this was part of the company’s plan to invest $2 billion for additional submarine cable systems connecting emerging markets in Asia, Middle East and Africa to Europe to meet the demands of consumer broadband and enterprise customers over the next 5-8 years.’
The most ambitious of these projects is FLAG NGN being built by RCom — The $1.5-billion undersea cable will cover 50,000 km and span 60 countries across continents. Millenium Telecom, a JV between state-owned PSUs, BSNL and MTNL will soon award contracts for both the West Asia and Singapore undersea links.
Analysts also say that the bandwidth boom spells good news for those Indian telecom operators who have not invested in the undersea link businesses. This is because, the increased capacity in addition to keeping bandwidth prices down will also ensure that the prices are competitive.
Source : EconomicTimes
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Nokia Siemens Networks bags broadband contract from BSNL
NEW DELHI: Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), which had earlier bagged a greenfield rural tender from BSNL to deploy broadband access across 7,000 villages, has got its contract extended to cover deployment in 25,000 villages. This marks the third broadband contract that BSNL has awarded to Nokia Siemens Networks.
The company is also parallely deploying the urban broadband access for BSNL across 20 circles. For BSNL, the deployment of the NSN multi play solutions, will allow it to deliver cost effective high speed internet access and virtual private networks among others services to its customers. The network will also enable BSNL to provide connectivity to CSCs (Community Service Centres) and other e-governance locations.
India has approximately 3.4 million broad connections, of which 1.7 million connections are provided by BSNL. With the expansion of broadband density in urban and rural areas using ADSL2+ technology, BSNL plans make more than 25000 villages broadband enabled shortly.
“Partnering with Nokia Siemens Networks would give BSNL an edge over other broadband services providers as it would be the first to cover rural areas on such a wide scale”, BSNL’s chairman and managing director Kuldeep Goyal said in a statement. “With high speed Internet service of BSNL, the rural broadband project is suitably poised to bridge digital divide and connect more than 25,000 villages in India by delivering high speed broadband services”, he added.
As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks is deploying its Gigabit Ethernet-capable IP DSLAMs SURPASS hiX5625 (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers) and chassis based access switch (SURPASS hiD6615). Nokia Siemens Networks will also supply customer premises equipment that will enable BSNL to provide speeds of up to 8 Mbps using ADSL2+ for its subscribers over its existing copper infrastructure.
The company is also parallely deploying the urban broadband access for BSNL across 20 circles. For BSNL, the deployment of the NSN multi play solutions, will allow it to deliver cost effective high speed internet access and virtual private networks among others services to its customers. The network will also enable BSNL to provide connectivity to CSCs (Community Service Centres) and other e-governance locations.
India has approximately 3.4 million broad connections, of which 1.7 million connections are provided by BSNL. With the expansion of broadband density in urban and rural areas using ADSL2+ technology, BSNL plans make more than 25000 villages broadband enabled shortly.
“Partnering with Nokia Siemens Networks would give BSNL an edge over other broadband services providers as it would be the first to cover rural areas on such a wide scale”, BSNL’s chairman and managing director Kuldeep Goyal said in a statement. “With high speed Internet service of BSNL, the rural broadband project is suitably poised to bridge digital divide and connect more than 25,000 villages in India by delivering high speed broadband services”, he added.
As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks is deploying its Gigabit Ethernet-capable IP DSLAMs SURPASS hiX5625 (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers) and chassis based access switch (SURPASS hiD6615). Nokia Siemens Networks will also supply customer premises equipment that will enable BSNL to provide speeds of up to 8 Mbps using ADSL2+ for its subscribers over its existing copper infrastructure.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wi-Fi market in India to touch $891mn mark by 2011-12: Study
NEW DELHI: Riding on realty, retail and other infrastructure sectors boom, including the Indian Railways, the adaptation of Wi-Fi in India is set to increase massively.
After witnessing a 100% increase in the number of hotspots (locations that are Wi-Fi enabled, where one can log on to the Net without using cables) to about 1,600 in 2007-08, this number is expected to increase by several multiple times during the current year.
A study by the Global Wi-Fi Alliance has estimated that Wi-Fi market in India will grow to $891million by 2011-12. This figure includes WLAN gear, networking tools, professional services, Wirless Internet Service Provider (WISP) revenues, Wi-Fi applications that are being built for niche sectors, handheld terminals, and system integration services, but does not include chipsets, laptops, PDAs, cell phone handsets and other devices.
According to Global Wi-FI Alliance senior marketing manager Kelly Davis-Felner, the addressable base of Wi-Fi-enabled client devices is growing steadily in India since about 90 - 95% of notebooks being sold today had a built-in Wi-Fi capability.
“We have noticed that a small but growing number of Indian mobile subscribers are going in for handsets with Wi-Fi capability. A highly mobile, young generation increasingly expects near-always-on mobile broadband connectivity and is willing to pay for it. These factors will drive increased use of Wi-Fi in India moving forward,” Ms Davis-Felner added.
The global Wi-FI alliance’s study also points out that exploding real-estate market growing at 30% annually, where entire new townships are coming up in tier-2 and tier-3 towns, coupled with the fact that organized retail was expected to add about 220 million square feet of space by 2010, provided the perfect platform for Wi-Fi to take off in India.
More so, considering that the growth in commercial office space requirements is led by the burgeoning outsourcing and information technology (IT) industry-for example, IT and ITeS alone is estimated to require 150 million square feet across urban India by 2010.
Other factors that will ignite Wi-Fi in India include large-scale developments of hotspots by corporates, telcos and PSUs. For instance, the Indian Railways recently announced that all important rail-routes between metros would be made Wi-Fi-enabled together with 50 railway stations (20 of which to be completed by March, 2008).
Tata Communications, which has already rolled out rolled out 350 plus public hotspot locations is set to increase the chain to about 1,000 this year in 2008.
Similarly, BSNL is setting up 100,000 Community Service Centres which will be carrying a powerful info kiosk that has Internet connectivity, plans to make a significant number of these Wi-Fi enabled.
“While new technology solutions (PON, WiMAX, ADSL) will continue to address growing demand for broadband in India, Wi-Fi will continue to play a strong role in sub-tending the last mile to multiple end-points - slashing costs, improving inventory management in organized retail, enabling faster check-ins at airport counters, medical services in rural India, creating jobs in a rural BPOs, spreading education in hinterlands of India and enriching quality of life for many,” the Wi-Fi Alliance study adds.
Expressing confidence in Wi-Fi uptake in India, Ms Davis-Felner added: The biggest strengths of Wi-Fi are its ubiquity (virtually every notebook shipped is Wi-Fi equipped and an increasing number of mobile phones carry the capability now), its maturity as a technology and the demonstrated interoperability it provides today.
Wi-Fi’s complementary nature with a variety of back-haul technologies including DSL, WiMAX or FTTX, make it a natural ally to most service providers in extending the ‘last-mile’ of connectivity to the user.”
Source : EconomicTimes
After witnessing a 100% increase in the number of hotspots (locations that are Wi-Fi enabled, where one can log on to the Net without using cables) to about 1,600 in 2007-08, this number is expected to increase by several multiple times during the current year.
A study by the Global Wi-Fi Alliance has estimated that Wi-Fi market in India will grow to $891million by 2011-12. This figure includes WLAN gear, networking tools, professional services, Wirless Internet Service Provider (WISP) revenues, Wi-Fi applications that are being built for niche sectors, handheld terminals, and system integration services, but does not include chipsets, laptops, PDAs, cell phone handsets and other devices.
According to Global Wi-FI Alliance senior marketing manager Kelly Davis-Felner, the addressable base of Wi-Fi-enabled client devices is growing steadily in India since about 90 - 95% of notebooks being sold today had a built-in Wi-Fi capability.
“We have noticed that a small but growing number of Indian mobile subscribers are going in for handsets with Wi-Fi capability. A highly mobile, young generation increasingly expects near-always-on mobile broadband connectivity and is willing to pay for it. These factors will drive increased use of Wi-Fi in India moving forward,” Ms Davis-Felner added.
The global Wi-FI alliance’s study also points out that exploding real-estate market growing at 30% annually, where entire new townships are coming up in tier-2 and tier-3 towns, coupled with the fact that organized retail was expected to add about 220 million square feet of space by 2010, provided the perfect platform for Wi-Fi to take off in India.
More so, considering that the growth in commercial office space requirements is led by the burgeoning outsourcing and information technology (IT) industry-for example, IT and ITeS alone is estimated to require 150 million square feet across urban India by 2010.
Other factors that will ignite Wi-Fi in India include large-scale developments of hotspots by corporates, telcos and PSUs. For instance, the Indian Railways recently announced that all important rail-routes between metros would be made Wi-Fi-enabled together with 50 railway stations (20 of which to be completed by March, 2008).
Tata Communications, which has already rolled out rolled out 350 plus public hotspot locations is set to increase the chain to about 1,000 this year in 2008.
Similarly, BSNL is setting up 100,000 Community Service Centres which will be carrying a powerful info kiosk that has Internet connectivity, plans to make a significant number of these Wi-Fi enabled.
“While new technology solutions (PON, WiMAX, ADSL) will continue to address growing demand for broadband in India, Wi-Fi will continue to play a strong role in sub-tending the last mile to multiple end-points - slashing costs, improving inventory management in organized retail, enabling faster check-ins at airport counters, medical services in rural India, creating jobs in a rural BPOs, spreading education in hinterlands of India and enriching quality of life for many,” the Wi-Fi Alliance study adds.
Expressing confidence in Wi-Fi uptake in India, Ms Davis-Felner added: The biggest strengths of Wi-Fi are its ubiquity (virtually every notebook shipped is Wi-Fi equipped and an increasing number of mobile phones carry the capability now), its maturity as a technology and the demonstrated interoperability it provides today.
Wi-Fi’s complementary nature with a variety of back-haul technologies including DSL, WiMAX or FTTX, make it a natural ally to most service providers in extending the ‘last-mile’ of connectivity to the user.”
Source : EconomicTimes
Friday, March 14, 2008
BSNL to invite bids for 8 mn modems
NEW DELHI: In one of the largest orders for broadband services globally, state-owned BSNL is all set to invite bids for 8 million Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL), also called modem. Sources said global majors Alcatel, Lucent, Nokia Siemens, Ericsson, ZTE, Huawei and others have already expressed interest to bid for the BSNL contract, expected to be worth several hundred million dollars. India has about 3.24 million broadband connections and the BSNL tender is more than twice the existing broadband subscriber of all operators combined.
More importantly, BSNL is offering more than broadband services. The company has informed prospective bidders that the modem should not only offer high speed internet access, but also carry content services such as IPTV, internet telephony and VoD (Video on Demand systems allow users to select and watch video and clip content over a network as part of an interactive TV system). It should also offer enterprise services such as Virtual Private Network over broadband. Sources said that tender conditions would also stipulate that a significant per cent of these modems are Wi-Fi-enabled.
It is also learnt that BSNL has called a meeting of all chip set vendors who manufacture DSLs to understand what the PSU terms ‘latest developments in DSL.’ “The meeting is scheduled in the next few days and the tender conditions will be finalised only after that,’’ sources close to the development added.
While the DSLs will cater to broadband services via fixedline, BSNL is also pushing for high speed internet through wireless (also called WiMAX services). WiMAX will also paves the way for high-speed wireless internet on laptops and high-end mobile handsets. The PSU has already earmarked Rs 3,000 crore for it and has decided to follow a franchisee model for its wireless broadband services.
The company has also floated an expression of interest to select the franchisees through a two-stage bidding process. As reported by ET first, BSNL has tied up with US-based WiMAX solutions firm Soma Networks through the franchisee model for what is considered the largest WiMAX deployment in the country covering four states in three circles — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Goa.
BSNL had earlier received some spectrum in the 2.5 GHz frequency band for its WiMAX rollout. It plans to roll out WiMax services in 70 cities across the country by the second half of 2008 and set up 50,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) — ICT-enabled kiosks — across the country using WiMAX. The government has set itself a target of 20 million broadband lines in service by 2010 and BSNL is targeting a market share of about 60% of this figure.
Source : EconomicTimes
More importantly, BSNL is offering more than broadband services. The company has informed prospective bidders that the modem should not only offer high speed internet access, but also carry content services such as IPTV, internet telephony and VoD (Video on Demand systems allow users to select and watch video and clip content over a network as part of an interactive TV system). It should also offer enterprise services such as Virtual Private Network over broadband. Sources said that tender conditions would also stipulate that a significant per cent of these modems are Wi-Fi-enabled.
It is also learnt that BSNL has called a meeting of all chip set vendors who manufacture DSLs to understand what the PSU terms ‘latest developments in DSL.’ “The meeting is scheduled in the next few days and the tender conditions will be finalised only after that,’’ sources close to the development added.
While the DSLs will cater to broadband services via fixedline, BSNL is also pushing for high speed internet through wireless (also called WiMAX services). WiMAX will also paves the way for high-speed wireless internet on laptops and high-end mobile handsets. The PSU has already earmarked Rs 3,000 crore for it and has decided to follow a franchisee model for its wireless broadband services.
The company has also floated an expression of interest to select the franchisees through a two-stage bidding process. As reported by ET first, BSNL has tied up with US-based WiMAX solutions firm Soma Networks through the franchisee model for what is considered the largest WiMAX deployment in the country covering four states in three circles — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Goa.
BSNL had earlier received some spectrum in the 2.5 GHz frequency band for its WiMAX rollout. It plans to roll out WiMax services in 70 cities across the country by the second half of 2008 and set up 50,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) — ICT-enabled kiosks — across the country using WiMAX. The government has set itself a target of 20 million broadband lines in service by 2010 and BSNL is targeting a market share of about 60% of this figure.
Source : EconomicTimes
Monday, September 17, 2007
BSNL is going to launch Data Services on CDMA 2000 IX by using BSNL Internet Connect Card (ICC)
BSNL has decided to launch its Data Services on CDMA 2000 IX by using BSNL Internet Connect Card (ICC). The CDMA IX ICC will provide Internet Service @144kbps to computer users on their laptops as well as on desktops. This service will be available in all those locations wherever CDMA IX MSC based coverage is there. However, during roaming the said Internet connectivity will not work at present
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