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Bengaluru, India - The Indian government may be pushing WiMax technology, especially for broadband connectivity in rural areas, but the country will have only 6.9 million mobile and fixed WiMax connections by the end of 2011, since the country-specific mobile broadband framework makes a national rollout too costly.
According to research firm Gartner Inc., India will remain a niche market for this technology until 2009.
"Although presented as an important driver for broadband policy in India, the Indian government has failed to effectively motivate operators to roll out countrywide mobile broadband. WiMax has been selected by the Indian government to connect rural areas to the Internet. However, low PC penetration will lead to limited demand in the near term....