With cities like Bangalore and Pune planning to go wireless, what advice do you have for the authorities?
It is exciting to see that a lot has been happening with city wireless initiatives across the world. I would suggest that the first consideration must be to leverage benchmarking, see what others are doing. Try to understand how that may create a set of options related to the value you are trying to offer. One must identify the purpose of unwiring cities and what you are trying to accomplish. Whether it is to provide more cost effective wireless data for industry workers or services or to serve as an economic development project for certain parts of the city. It could also be to expand wireless internet broadband service. Then it is easier to leverage some of the world benchmarks. One of the key things that makes it a successful project is having a good partnership with technology companies or organizations. We have seen good examples of how cities are growing by choosing the right partners that have core competencies in wireless technologies, infrastructure planning etc. A significant
