BSNL’s EVDO offers 3G services (India)Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) Evolution data Optimized is offering third generation (3G) services, Department of Telecom (DoT) confirmed. Its been more than a year, BSNL has been providing 2.4 Mbps EVDO service in selected locations of the country. This service has started even before the Government announced its policy for 3G spectrum allocation.
Commission Siddhartha Behura told that public sector units such as BSNL and Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL) are incumbents and they needed government’s support and concession to take on big players.
However, Kuldeep Goyal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of BSNL, refuted Behrua’s claim and said the EVDO service falls under the 2.5G category. “EVDO is certainly 3G, as it has been standardized by 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) as part of the CDMA2000 family of standards,” according to Atul Chitnis, Senior Vice-President of Geodesic Information Systems Limited.
Out of the two major 3G standards, EVDO is one of them for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals. The other standard is W-CDMA. EVDO is termed as “CDMA2000, High Rate Packet Data Air Interface” by Telecommuincation Industry Association. Chief Editor at CyberMedia said that “A 2.4 Mbps EVDO connection is certainly a 3G service.” “Even if it’s hiding behind a 2.5G fig leaf for licensing convenience”, he further added.
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