Bangalore Unwired to be reality soon

Bangalore, Jan 23 (UNI) The Bangalore Unwired project of the Karnataka Information Technology and Biotechnology Department will become a reality by next month, a senior Government official said today.

Using the latest WiMax technology, internet browsers, especially those using notebooks, could access the net anywhere within a 40 km radius from the Vidhana Soudha, the State Secretariat.

An agreement with service providers for the project was to be signed tomorrow, Mr Jitendra Singh, Officer on Special Duty in the Department, told newspersons at the opening of the office of multinational Compuware here.

The department had shortlisted five vendors for the project, for which the Government would act as a facilitator. If found successful, the area covered would be incresed within Bangalore and the service extended to other cities and towns in the State, he said.

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