Originally posted by eX.A.K.R.:
Delhi,
India, a city that is behind us by a lot
technologically, has a
512K broadband connection that is better than Singnet's 1500K
connection, among other things.
Have u been to Delhi?. Dontanyhow shoot things out from yr
mouth.
There are things there which cant be found here.
Dishnet expects 20% of revenues from Wi-Fi
The company, which unveiled its Wi-Fi services in Delhi, expects
2,00,000 Wi-Fi subscribers across India and revenue of Rs 107 crore
by March 2006.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
NEW DELHI: Dishnet Wireless, unveiled its brand of Wi-Fi services,
Dishnet RED Broadband Wi-Fi, in Delhi on Wednesday. According to
the company, Dishnet RED Broadband Wi-Fi would enable Internet
users across Delhi to access Internet at superior broadband speeds
at some of the most popular public locations (Dishnet Red Wi-Fi hot
spots) in the city. These hotspot locations include hotels,
restaurants, cafes, airports, railway stations, etc.
According to Dishnet Wireless VP VG Suri, at present there are 29
hotspots signed across Delhi of which 11 hotspots are operational.
He added that the remaining hotspots would be operational in the
next 35 days.
"The company is planning to initially make available the Wi-Fi
broadband services in eight cities and subsequently extend this to
38 cities amounting to 6,000 hotspots across the country by the end
of March 2006. The company would invest Rs 250 crore on this
project," he added.
The company expects 2,00,000 Wi-Fi subscribers by the full roll out
of the project and is expecting revenue of Rs 107 crore by March
2006. Wi-Fi is expected to contribute 20 percent of the company's
revenue, while Enterprise services and solutions and wireless
broadband is expected to contribute 50 percent and 30 percent of
the revenue respectively.
Intel is extending its support to Dishnet in identifying hotspots,
their bandwidth and other essentials that a wireless network
requires and provide an environment to deploy Wi-Fi broadband
services, throughout the country.
