Dr. Shantigram Jagannath, Vice President & Managing Director for Airvana Networks India, recently had an article on 3G in India published in Connect-World. The opening portion of the article is posted below, visit the Airvana web site here to view the entire document.
3G is coming to India, and operators are busy rolling out last-mile access and backhaul networks. 3G networks are deploying slowly, but 3G-compatible handsets have been on the market for three years so most business users and high ARPU users already have smartphones that support 3G. These networks are expensive, and ARPUs in India are among the world's lowest, so operators are looking to value-added services and lower cost network technology to reduce costs sufficiently to enable affordable broadband.
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