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Wi-Max means Worldwide Inter-operability for Microwave access.

Wi-Max is a technology to provide last-mile connectivity to user.

The operating frequency for Wi-Max is 2Ghz to 66Ghz that covers an area of
48km with data transfer rates as high as 70Mbps.

It is also able to provide high speed wireless broadband access to users.

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WI-MAX SERVICE PROVIDERS IN INDIA

Alvarion Ltd.- New Delhi.
The world·s leading wireless broadband service providers along with Siemens
Communications, providing broadband service in 8 Indian cities.

Bharti Airtel ² India.

India·s largest Telecom Industry. It is using Wi-MAX to augment its current
broadband, fixed and cellular network infrastructure. It provides the affordable
broadband data services to SME (small and medium enterprises).

Tata Communications ² India.

Providing Wi-max broadband at the cheapest rate in India.

Airtel, BSNL and Tata Indicom

Have also tested and are weighing options to introduce service in the city.
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It is based on the IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers)

standard 802.16. It comes in 2 flavors mobile (802.16e) and fixed (802.16d).

The operating frequency for Wi-Max is 2Ghz to 66Ghz that covers an area of
48km with data transfer rates as high as 70Mbps.

It is 30 times faster than third-generation mobile technology and 100 times

faster than Wi-Fi.
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WiFi or Wireless Fidelity, has a range of about 100m and allows for faster
data transfer rate between 10 - 54Mbps.

WiMax scores over Wi-Fi on security and area coverage. While Wi-Fi is
wireless LAN, WiMax is a wireless wide area network

Wi-Fi has a range of 91m and can provide wireless access to a coffee shop,
home or one floor of an office building

WiMax has a range of up to 30-50 km and can provide wireless connections

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Bluetooth designed for short range communications with a range of about

10m.

Bluetooth only needs to be in reasonable vicinity. As cables are not required.

Bluetooth is a Personal Area Network (PAN).

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Standard 802.15 802.16

Frequency (GHz) 2.45 2 - 66

Speed (Mbps) 0.72 80

Range 10m 50km

Advantages Low Cost Speed, Range

Disadvantages Range Cost

 
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MAN over LAN

Network within cities.

Higher frequency transmissions.

Traveling Connectivity.

Wire free Internet Services.

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1 Slot cost of 250 billion Indian Rupees. So such 4 slot are going to be
implemented.

The starting price for each slot of 3G spectrum is 35 billion Indian Rupees lower
than the price previously original price suggested.

User growth upto 2013 will be 14 billion users. (According to The Economic Times)

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Until now rural India remains largely untouched by any new communication
technology.

Wi-Max will make it easier to reach remote areas.

For mass adoption of the technology it is important to provide low-cost devices,

network and subscriptions along with bandwidth, services and content