So after much speculation about which city would be WiMax’ed first - Pune or Bangalore, it seems Chennai has stolen the show: Aircel launched WiMAX and aims to make Chennai wire-free and provide coverage across the commercial areas of Chennai. They’ve used “802.16d standards at a speed range of 2 to 10 Mbps”. There are already ‘hotspots’ in other cities and Aircel plans to expand WiMax to 26 other cities, with complete coverage being achieved bit by bit. Payment systems will be enabled around hotspots via prepaid cards. No word on how much it’ll cost… Read more
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