Comments on: Flarion adds a little spice, in India

By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Qualcomm’s Flarion, a WiMAX end game?

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:21:44 +0000

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By: Miten Sampat

Miten Sampat — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:44:49 +0000

Aditya..

there are about 500 hotspots throughout the country already. Most major 5 star hotels have them as well the popular coffee-shops such as ‘Barista’ and ‘Cafe Coffee Day’ offer wifi services.

By: Aditya Athalye

Aditya Athalye — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 05:50:52 +0000

…. one small problem… where are the wifi hotspots?

By: Miten Sampat

Miten Sampat — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:45:35 +0000

A huge issue with the use of a proprietary technology such as Flarion is the cost of the Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) . Though Om boasts of the massive growth of the Cellular phone market in India, one must not forget that the phones that cost only about Rs. 3000 ( US$ 65 ) comprise approximately 70-75% of all mobile users.

Another interesting fact is that most customers prefer PrePaid services over a billing account. In such a scenario, adding the cost of an expensive access device would be detrimental to any business plan. Instead i believe the way to go would be Wifi. Since the CPE price point is already close to US$ 40, and the fact that Intel Centrino chips come pre installed with wifi radios. This would create a case for a pure Plug-n-Play for users of Wifi.

Comments anyone ?

By: A Menendez

A Menendez — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:27:54 +0000

Quite interesting news. Any information on the band/spectrum they are suppose to use in India??