BSNL WiMax services in Greater NoidaAccording to a statement, issed by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Indian government, Bsnl’s WiMax services will be expanded in Greater Noida this month. Speaking at a press conference in Noida, the Minister of State for Communications and IT Shri Sachin Pilot said that BSNL’s WiMax services will be launched in the Greater Noida area of Dhankot soon. It will be extended to the other parts of the region such as Bisrakh, Dadri, Jewar and Jahangirpuri April onwards with access speed up to 7 Mbps .

The expected growth is Over 40,000 mobile subscribers in Noida and Greater Noida areas till March 2011. Speaking to the press after reviewing the quality service by BSNL and MTNL in Noida and Greater Noida, Pilot assured that special steps would be taken to ensure that downtime of towers is minimized.

BSNL WiMAX high speed wireless broadband connectivity aimed to provide video telephony, TV on mobile, video-conferencing, e-learning, tele-medicine service and tele-education, besides providing some other services through local administrative body also.