India and The WiMax

                       Indian Government have decided to go ahead with auction for 3G and WiMax radio frequencies simultaneously. You can’t compare the two-one is puerly for voice while WiMax is data-centric platform. we do not see WiMax and cellular based technologies such as HSPA & LTE( long term evolution of 3G) as competing platforms but consider them complimentry to each other. India needs WiMax as it has to offer connectivity to its 800 million people who liv in the rural area.

                       WiMax is an open internet business modal with innovative new devices and application being added by the day. With many low cost embedded devices being developed. WiMax in India has a tremendous impact on the Nation’s Economy. India with a population of over 1.2 billion , had only a little over 4 million Broadband users compared to about 300 million mobile users. Widespread access to Broadband will greatly increase economic productivity by laying the ground work for important initiatives such as long distance learning , tele-medicine and e-government.

Boeing, Airbus Eyes on India

                         Boeing and Airbus, leading global Aircraft makers, are Bullish on the Indian Avation market for the next 20 yrs in spite of the current world wide economic slowdown.  In the conference of “India-Avation-2008″ here on Thursday (17-10-2008) Dinesh A.Keskar, senior Vice-President, Sales, Boeing commercial Airplanes, said he was “Bullish” on India than other places as the forecast for the Economic growth for the next 20 yrs for the country was expected to be 6.7 precent as against the world average of 3.2 precent.

                               The Indian domestic Air service had increased dramatically over the past 10 yrs from 64 % in 1997 to 198 % in 2007. Foreign travel to/from India had grown by 78 % in the past 4 yrs