WiFi deployment

A mix of wire and wireless infrastructure will help increase broadband penetration in India...huge costs prevent service providers from laying new cable lines thereby unable to reach a large portion of the addressable market. Also with a plethora of issues like cable cuts and building permissions plaguing the operations, wireless seems to be a viable option.

Malaysia has followed a similar strategy and it has worked wonders to their broadband penetration......will it succeed in India? we need to wait and watch as YOUSnapper continues its WiFi deployment in Navi Mumbai and Pune....good luck..

YOUSnapper

YOUSnapper commissions WiFi pilot in Mumbai. Results encouraging

Plans nationwide implementation

YOU Telecom forms JV with Red Snapper

Citigroup Venture Capital International-owned YOU Telecom, one of India’s largest private broadband service providers, has entered into a Joint Venture agreement with Malaysia’s wireless technology & VoIP major Red Snapper (M) Sdn Bhd. The joint venture, named YOUSnapper, will focus on providing wide area wireless connectivity on the edge of the YOU Telecom network.

YOU is a cable company with converged services ambition. While the world is moving towards adding Mobility to Voice, Video, Data services, very soon customers will look for nomadic and mobile options to access high-speed data and IP voice services. In this context, YOUSnapper’s WiFi access options assume significance.

Interestingly, India and Malaysia are both looking at wireless technologies to increase broadband penetration.