US chip manufactrar Qualcomm is looking to launch its fourth generation (4G) technology broadband services by 2011 end of the year.This company has won broadband spectrum a year ago in four circles.
Mr Kanwalinder Singh, President of Qualcomm India and South Asia said, “We had earlier announced a four-step strategy for our broadband venture – to invest in spectrum, accelerate the ecosystem, to introduce one or more operators as partners and eventually exit.They are at the third step and we are in talks with operators.”The timing of introducing partner is bound because they are looking at launching the networks by the end of 2011 or first half year of 2012.The new partner will make the investments for rolling out 
services in the circles. Once the partner operator takes control of the network we will exit.
Qualcomm is betting on the TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution) technology for rolling our broadband services in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. The company owns 74 per cent stake in the venture while the balance is held jointly by Tulip Telecom GTL. The chip-maker's bid for the broadband spectrum in 2010 had taken many by surprised but the move dealt a blow to companies which wanted to bring in WiMax technology, a rival to the LTE platform.
After winning broadband spectrum, Qualcomm and equipment vendors including Ericsson hastened the development of the LTE ecosystem. According to Mr Singh, LTE based network equipment is already available and devices will be launched soon.On the devices side we expect go commercial with our multimode chipsets within next couple of months and then devices will start rolling out from late 2011 or early 212. Dongles will come first.
Industry watchers said that operators which already have 3G spectrum could be talking to Qualcomm for a stake in the venture. According to a report from BNP Paribas and operator like Bharti Airtel can leverage broadband spectrum to prevent network congestion as 3G usage peaks over the next few years.
services in the circles. Once the partner operator takes control of the network we will exit.Qualcomm is betting on the TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution) technology for rolling our broadband services in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. The company owns 74 per cent stake in the venture while the balance is held jointly by Tulip Telecom GTL. The chip-maker's bid for the broadband spectrum in 2010 had taken many by surprised but the move dealt a blow to companies which wanted to bring in WiMax technology, a rival to the LTE platform.
After winning broadband spectrum, Qualcomm and equipment vendors including Ericsson hastened the development of the LTE ecosystem. According to Mr Singh, LTE based network equipment is already available and devices will be launched soon.On the devices side we expect go commercial with our multimode chipsets within next couple of months and then devices will start rolling out from late 2011 or early 212. Dongles will come first.
Industry watchers said that operators which already have 3G spectrum could be talking to Qualcomm for a stake in the venture. According to a report from BNP Paribas and operator like Bharti Airtel can leverage broadband spectrum to prevent network congestion as 3G usage peaks over the next few years.
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