Honest 836 Report post Posted June 3, 2008 Motorola Backs Wimax Over 3G in India Telecommunications giant Motorola Inc., a Fortune 100 company, says that the newer Wimax technology scores over 3G in data transmission capabilities and that it's the broadband route India needed to take. Wimax or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access is a non-cellular telecommunications technology, which like 3G has the capability to transfer data wirelessly over long distances. But while 3G offers speeds in the range of 5.8-14.4 mega bits a second, Wimax has the potential to "deliver 70 mega bits over the same spectrum", a senior Motorola executive says. "This technology enables better speeds than the standard 3G and even traditional broadband connections," Tarvinder Singh, Motorola India's head of marketing and product management, told IANS. Incidentally, the Department of Telecom will auction the 2.1 GHz and higher spectrum band - which will support both the technologies - some time this month. And Singh says service providers winning the bids ought to opt for Wimax. His assertion comes on the heels of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) inducting the Wimax technology as part of its 3G standard, the first non-cellular telecommunication technology to get ITU approval. Researchers at Nokia-Siemens Networks and Heinrich Hertz Institute have showcased a futuristic 3G technology, the Long Term Evolution or LTE, which has a transfer speed of 100 mega bits per second. But Singh is unimpressed. "Those who swear allegiance to 3G bank upon its development into LTE, which is still at a development stage and cannot be introduced before 2011 commercially," he added. Singh said India couldn't wait till 2011 to provide Internet access and modern technology to its towns and villages. "We are already lagging behind other nations. Wireless broadband in the form of Wimax can solve the problem of building infrastructure for wired Internet access." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
santhoshavanoor 7 Report post Posted June 3, 2008 Singh said the fact. Why should Govt is not releasing spectrum for 3G and WiMAX? I'm working in Bahrain and using Zain's Zain@home WiMAX broad band connection. Reliance also quoted for the fixed wireless service in Bahrain, but Zain wins. They are offering a speed upto 2Mbps, but sometimes my connection speed is more than 2Mbps. I think that Zain is acquiring more customers by giving free home equipment including antenna, wireless voip router and a telephone set. It is really nice. We need to pay them only 20 Bahrain Dinar for installation charges. Means 2200 indian rupees. Why should operators in India not implementing this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
