Secure Connections in Challenging Environments : Subodh Vardhan, Director Sales and Country Head (Government and Public Safety), Motorola India

Subodh leads the team that is responsible for marketing and deployment of private networks for public safety, defence, railways and enterprise customers. This includes two way radio networks as well as networks based on wireless broadband technologies for campus and municipal Wi-Fi, point to point and point to multi-point connectivity. Subodh is also introducing defence, transportation (railways, airports, seaports etc) and enterprise customers to state of the art communications technologies.

Taiwan WiMAX users number to hit 782,000 by the year 2012

Soon, the number of WiMAX users in Taiwan will reach 782,000 by the end of 2011 according to the Report of ‘2007 Asia – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Taiwan’.

UN agency approves WiMAX as wireless standard

The United Nations telecommunications agency in Geneva–International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved the broadband technology WiMax as a global third-generation communications standard.

BSNL invites bids to set up 50, 000 WiMAX kiosks in India

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has been inviting tenders for setting up 50,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) across the country. The initiative would be one of the largest deployment of WiMax in the world.

Ericsson launches rural broadband initiative in Tamil Nadu

Ericsson has launched a trial rural broadband project in Tamil Nadu to deliver telemedicine and interactive education services at an affordable price in India

TRAI urges Govt to boost broadband growth

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has urged the Indian Government to take the urgent policy measures to boost broadband growth in the country and ask BSNL and MTNL to adopt a a franchisee model where by local players can use their copper lines to offer high speed Internet services.

Integrating Accessibility, Connectivity, Education and Content – Intel Envisioning World Ahead : John McClure, Director-Marketing, Intel South Asia

Interview

Kenyan Govt. to use wireless solutions to connect villages

The Kenyan Government will use wireless solutions to interconnect villages completing the installation of national optic fibre cable.

Telecom infrastructure for the new age

[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The distance education initiative of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has been in operation since 2002

Strong Operational Foundation-Pre-requisite for Security : William Bill Boni, Corporate Vice President, Motorola

Interview