Chennai tech parks to go Wi-Fi

Chennai's tech parks-Tidel Park and Biotech Park would soon go the wi-fi

way. "The State government has cleared the proposal and it is awaiting for

final approval and clearance from Tidel governing commi-ttee, which will be done

shor-tly," said V Srinivasan, CEO, Dishnet Wireless Ltd.

Dishnet is likely to provide the solution at an estimated cost of Rs 10 lakh

per site conne-cting all common areas/loun-ges in the premises to provide

wireless access to the network.

Dishnet, after selling its Internet service to Tata-VSNL early this year, is

now getting into wireless business with a huge investment. The com-pany is

expected to invest Rs 300 crore in the business to provide wi-fi and wi-max

solutions, along with the enterprise services. "By next quarter, we will

announce more services and provide point-to-multipoint solution for corporate,

small and medium businesses and other end-users," he said.

Talking about the wireless market in India, Srinivasan said, "The

wireless business is still in its nascent stage and waiting for many government

clearances before it could really take-off. However, the industry looks very

promising and it will grow in the lines of telecom, with mass acceptance, over

the years.

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