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Now, sit on the sidewalk and log in to an 'unwired' Pune
PUNE: Residents of Pune can now access Internet on their laptops sitting in a park or on the sidewalk in a part of Pune where the municipal corporation has successfully taken the first step towards making it India's first 'unwired' city.
The ambitious Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax) project announced by municipal commissioner Nitin Kareer last year took off on Monday for areas near Sambhaji Park and Pune Municipal Corporation headquarters. The project which is being jointly implemented by Intel technology private ltd and Microsense as technical advisors and service providers respectively will be extended to 20 sq.km. area including Deccan Gymkhana, Aundh, Baner and Model colony within four months and the entire city in the next 12-18 months, municipal commissioner Nitin Kareer said at the function to launch the project here on Monday.
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, the chief guest for the function, said the project initiated by PMC would be useful to all sections of the society and professionals from all fields. "A lot of avenues will open up for the youth with the initiation of this revolutionary project. Pune is leaping forward in the field of Information technology, biotechnology and now also nanotechnology. The wireless connectivity will surely help boost these fields further," Pawar said.
Kareer said it was an attempt to provide easy internet access to citizens at all open spaces in the city at affordable rates. "Currently, the service will be provided free of cost, until it is extended to the 20 sq km when the project will be commercially launched at nominal user charges for which the modalities have to be worked out," Kareer said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...in_to_an_unwired_Pune/articleshow/1847941.cms
PUNE: Residents of Pune can now access Internet on their laptops sitting in a park or on the sidewalk in a part of Pune where the municipal corporation has successfully taken the first step towards making it India's first 'unwired' city.
The ambitious Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax) project announced by municipal commissioner Nitin Kareer last year took off on Monday for areas near Sambhaji Park and Pune Municipal Corporation headquarters. The project which is being jointly implemented by Intel technology private ltd and Microsense as technical advisors and service providers respectively will be extended to 20 sq.km. area including Deccan Gymkhana, Aundh, Baner and Model colony within four months and the entire city in the next 12-18 months, municipal commissioner Nitin Kareer said at the function to launch the project here on Monday.
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, the chief guest for the function, said the project initiated by PMC would be useful to all sections of the society and professionals from all fields. "A lot of avenues will open up for the youth with the initiation of this revolutionary project. Pune is leaping forward in the field of Information technology, biotechnology and now also nanotechnology. The wireless connectivity will surely help boost these fields further," Pawar said.
Kareer said it was an attempt to provide easy internet access to citizens at all open spaces in the city at affordable rates. "Currently, the service will be provided free of cost, until it is extended to the 20 sq km when the project will be commercially launched at nominal user charges for which the modalities have to be worked out," Kareer said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...in_to_an_unwired_Pune/articleshow/1847941.cms
