It has been in the news that Tata Teleservices Ltd has launched its Photon-branded mobile broadband services in New Delhi in India. According to the company, subscribers can enjoy speeds upto 3.1 Mbps. The company offers two access devices—a router for enterprise users and USB modem for individual users. Prices begin at Rs3,500. The most competitor, Reliance Communications have already offered datacards with speeds upto 3.1 Mbps. GSM players such as Idea and Airtel also offers datacards, albeit at much slower transfer rates. The EV-DO (evolution data optimized) technology, compatible with the CDMA platform that both Reliance and Tata Indicom are on, enables much faster mobile broadband access compared with rival GSM standard.
The awareness and demand for wireless Internet connectivity is increasing rapidly day by day and with laptop and PC sales showing exponential growth, there is a huge demand for wireless high-speed Internet access.
