Bangalore likely to have wireless broadband in a year

The Karnataka Government expects wireless broadband connectivity in place in the whole of Bangalore in an year's time, Principal Secretary to Government, IT and BT, Anup K Pujari said today.

Addressing a summit on internationalisation of Web here, organised by the Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT), Pujari said Bangalore hopes to become the first city to have such connectivity in the country, noting that Pune and Hyderabad have also taken up similar projects.

He also said Bangalore IT.Com, an annual IT event organised by the state, would be launched at a function here tomorrow by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, in the presence of Union Minister of State for Commerce Jayaram Ramesh. The four-day event is slated to be held from October 28.

At the function, awards would be presented to firms for excellence in IT exports in 2005-06.

"The Chief Minister is likely to announce a few more initiatives for the growth of Bangalore," Pujari said.

He said the State is planning to hold Bangalore Nano, its maiden nano technology event, either in the first half of December or second half of January.

The Government intends to hold Bangalore IT.Com, Bangalore Bio and Bangalore Nano on fixed dates in future, Pujari added.

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