mgcarley
Founder, Hayai Broadband
in 2004 he rocked india with best tech of cdma for voice
CDMA just isn't. If it was, it's development wouldn't be now discontinued even by Qualcomm.
India took 9 years to get to 3G, and although while IPTV and "reasonable" broadband can be possible over 3G and 4G (which is currently still an advertising gimmick -almost everywhere: most operators have actually only deployed 3.9G), the simple fact is this:
Domestic VOIP in India will require a law change, since VOIP-PSTN interconnection within India is currently banned. All of the operators offering VOIP offer it for International Long Distance only.
But Broadband of ~5 to 10mbit/s is possible assuming the consumer has the right devices in his hands. Currently most 3G and long-distance WiMax equipment still only hits about 2 or 3 mbit/s.
When 4G does finally start hitting the market properly, these speeds will increase, but it still requires the devices to reach the consumers hands and in India, this centers around the price: especially when going to rural areas!
Yes, we all know what 3G and even 4G devices are supposed to be able to achieve and what they can get under ideal conditions, but I'm talking about real-world commercial deployments here, and more importantly, ensuring the technology works on the move (since it all mostly relates to mobile rather than fixed wireless).
Don't get me wrong, I look forward to seeing rural areas get some form of actual broadband at 2mbit/s or more, and I hope even to be part of that.
As for 5G, at this point it's barely predictable right now, but from memory, the goal is gigabit over wireless.
CDMA just isn't. If it was, it's development wouldn't be now discontinued even by Qualcomm.
India took 9 years to get to 3G, and although while IPTV and "reasonable" broadband can be possible over 3G and 4G (which is currently still an advertising gimmick -almost everywhere: most operators have actually only deployed 3.9G), the simple fact is this:
Domestic VOIP in India will require a law change, since VOIP-PSTN interconnection within India is currently banned. All of the operators offering VOIP offer it for International Long Distance only.
But Broadband of ~5 to 10mbit/s is possible assuming the consumer has the right devices in his hands. Currently most 3G and long-distance WiMax equipment still only hits about 2 or 3 mbit/s.
When 4G does finally start hitting the market properly, these speeds will increase, but it still requires the devices to reach the consumers hands and in India, this centers around the price: especially when going to rural areas!
Yes, we all know what 3G and even 4G devices are supposed to be able to achieve and what they can get under ideal conditions, but I'm talking about real-world commercial deployments here, and more importantly, ensuring the technology works on the move (since it all mostly relates to mobile rather than fixed wireless).
Don't get me wrong, I look forward to seeing rural areas get some form of actual broadband at 2mbit/s or more, and I hope even to be part of that.
As for 5G, at this point it's barely predictable right now, but from memory, the goal is gigabit over wireless.
