Intel will launch a dozen WiMAX trials in India over the next few months, according to WEB SITE GigaOM as Wimax seems to best way to overcome the digital divide over there.
The article points out that over 70 per cent of Indian households don't have access to ordinary phone lines. Indeed, in rural India, STD booths are often the only way to access a standard telephone and broadband infrastructure leaves much to be desire in most the areas apart from Bangalore and Mumbai. The first trials will roll out in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Bangalore.
India Gets More WiMAX trials source
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