Wireless

Have you ever thought to have access to all kinds of information e-mail, databases, news, stock quotes, and company reports from your car, without a desktop computer? Wireless technology makes this possible. We are already beginning to see such applications. Wireless Technologies are for people who are always on the move and yet want to stay connected.

Today, whether we are at home or away, inexpensive wireless connections have made life easier. The wireless connectivity either through mobile phone usage or by high speed broadband internet connections has become an integral part of the urban middle, upper middle and higher class’s life.

It is hard to live with a dial-up Internet connection these days with the image and file sharing websites growing in popularity more and more. Even if one lives in a remote area, there are ways of getting inexpensive wireless broadband internet. Many mobile companies offer facilities to connect via mobile phones and one can even get broadband via satellite.

The wireless sector is booming in India. The ratio is increasing with growing literacy level. There is no doubt that India has world-class wireless networks and the other advantage is that the entire country is covered by a single standard, GSM 900, which is not the case in many other big countries worldwide. The subscriber base for cellular services is growing at a lightning speed, with 90 per cent growth
recorded last year.



The country recently had a record addition of 15.08 million wireless telephone user in August 2009 and has catapulted the total subscriber base in the country to 494.07 million, closer to the government's 2012 target.

Experts attribute the surge in wireless Web use to a combination of falling handset prices, network upgrades, and an economic expansion that's leaving many young people flush with disposable income. India's economy is growing at over nine per cent, and younger consumers, especially those working in call centers, can now afford the personal digital assistants and Research In Motion (RIMM) BlackBerrys that, as recently as a year ago, seemed out of reach to everyone but wealthy business-people and other professionals.

The challenge for providing high speed Wireless Internet Service is soaring in India. There is a greater demand for wireless Internet as people want to stay connected to the web wherever they go. The Indian wireless market is mainly dominated by the major players like Tata Indicom, BSNL, Reliance and Airtel.