RE: [ilugd]: Wireless Internet Accese

[Prashast Kumar]

Title: RE: [ilugd]: Wireless Internet Accese

Licence Fee : No idea. I know that it is an annual fee. Check out www.dotindia.com to see if you get any links there.   Rationale : Good question. In fact, they are so paranoid that for every application, there is a police verification. And the operator has to be an Indian national.   It is a very old act and needs change. Please see the above website and click on the link to WPC/SACFA.   Prashast Kumar ICO NIIT Ltd. 91-11-620 3389 -----Original Message----- From: Kapil Chawla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:25 PM To: multiple recipients of Subject: Re: [ilugd]: Wireless Internet Accese What would be the licence fee for the same ?   What could be the rational behind regulating in band whereas it is free in US ?    As far as my knowledge of this act is that it is a very old act which needs to be changed. Or this would stop new technologies .   Regards, Kapil Chawla   ----- Original Message ----- From: Prashast Kumar To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:23 PM Subject: RE: [ilugd]: Wireless Internet Accese Indian Telephone and telegraph act prohibits unlicenced wireless communication within the union of India for outdoor use. Any radio equipment that you deploy can be legally used indoors but not outdoors. You will need to take special permission to do so. The concerned authority is the Wireless "Promotion" Council of India or WPC for short. There are also several guidelines as to the spec and signal strength of the radio equipment. Also, I suspect that the act only allows for point to point or point to multipoint links where all end points are known and fixed. "Open" use may not be allowed at all. Please check. In the US where these technologies come from, the 2.4 Ghz band is free for anyone to use anywhere. This is why local area radio networks exist there. You may use radio indoors. If you plan to deploy this outdoors for internet distribution, the legislation makes it quite painful. NIIT Software Solutions 'eBillSpace' software Powers Electronic Bill Payment for India's Department of Posts - the World's Largest Postal Network. For details visit our website http://www.niit.com ___________________NOTICE____________________________ This electronic mail transmission contains confidential information intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and then destroy the message. Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of NIIT shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NIIT When addressed to NIIT clients, any information contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions in the governing client contract.