We read in the news yesterday that the Minister of Information Technology & Communications Mr A Raja has advised BSNL to drop 3G from their forthcoming expansion plans and go ahead with existing 2G (or whatever its called). The news also mentions that he has questioned why Motorola was disqualified from the 45 million lines tender.
This is like music to my ears! For a long time the incumbent telco lobby has been stymying all attempts for Wi-Fi to grow in India.
It was common for people in very high places to tout 3G as the answer to all our connectivity woes. It is hard enough trying to get a word edge-wise (cell wise?) in many metros these days with abysmal connectivity on GSM/CDMA cellular services.
Now that 3G is apparently put into cold storage, we can all get down to the business of doing some city-wide wireless.
Some real headway is being made in the city of Pune where Microsense has won the contract for unwiring around 40 sq km.
The Bangalore project seems to be in limbo for reasons unkown.
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