"For  the past three years, a dedicated team of ABS professionals have been doing rigorous research at our WiMAX Expertise Centre at Chennai ? in terms of  technological, commercial, and operational feasibility ? and arrived at a  blue-print  for  the  WiMAX launch," said Mr. Ram Shinde.  "A systematic approach   along  with  our  commitment  to  deliverables  and  ability  to constantly  come  up with cutting-edge solutions has enabled ABS to make an early entry into the WiMAX domain," he added.

With  WiMAX,  end  users  can have Internet accessibility based on portable technologies  at  an affordable price. WiMAX is unaffected by environmental or  climatic  disturbances  and provides relief to organizations from 'last mile'  connectivity  concerns  both  in  urban and rural areas with limited network infrastructure.

The   backend  systems  and  processes  (OSS  /  BSS)  of  ABS  are  highly sophisticated with end-to-end manageability from Sales Prospecting to Order Management  and  Internet Protocol (IP) Provisioning. All these systems are developed  in-house  and have the capability to accommodate future business requirements of ABS.

ABS  is  also  identifying  and  deploying  Wi-Fi 'hotspots' throughout the Chennai city with indoor and outdoor points backhauled with WiMAX. Internet services  at  these  'hotspots'  will  be  enabled  through  pre-paid cards integrated  with Payment Gateways for on-line registration and subsequently activated  using  the  'Authentication,  Authorization  & Accounting' (AAA) mechanism.

"With  several  state  governments  planning  to  create wireless cities to increase  Internet  penetration  besides  initiating e-governance projects, Aircel  is  keen to be part of the wireless revolution in India not only by offering  wireless  Internet  access  through WiMAX but also by providing a gamut  of  best-of-the-breed  enterprise  services  on  WiMAX platform with built-in service level agreements (SLAs)," concluded Mr. Ram Shinde.

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