IPTV over WiMax

Intel is looking for more reasons why operators should deploy WiMAX. Intel and NDS Group have announced a trial system to show that TV and video services can travel over WiMAX and that WiMAX can offer more than just broadband access. Using the WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004 standard and the soon-to-be-ratified IEEE 802.16e mobile standard, Intel and NDS will also collaborate on industry and market development activities. The two are demonstrating the TV capability at Intel's Wireless Competence Center in Kista, Sweden, which shows how fixed pre-WiMAX equipment can deliver content to customer premise equipment and then use WiFi to send content to the notebook. The companies intend to enhance the system to support 802.16e standard in the future. However It does not appear that WiMAX or broadband wireless will be ready to deliver IPTV in the near future. However fixed WiMAX may offer the best potential for delivery of this potential content juggernaut. IPTV over WiMax seems like a fantasy as in the current environment WiMax only has enough capacity for 10-20 channels. Qualcomm is developing a wireless network specifically optimized for TV (MediaFLO), but they're using low resolution (320x240 - equivalent to VHS) and targeting mobile devices instead of homes. In india BSNL is going to become the first telecom operator in the country to introduce WiMAX technology on a large scale just in sync with its IPTV trial. It plans to launch the service in Delhi, and then in Mumbai - the only two cities it operates services. WiMAX enables broadband access at a download speed of up to 75 Mbps through wireless. But MTNL needs to wait till the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) assigns frequency spectrum for WiMAX services. Once TRAI assigns spectrum for WiMAX and decides on its pricing, MTNL will offer WiMAX commercially to its subscribers. As of now, they are going to be pilot projects. After successful pilot MTNL might go for IPTV over WiMAX technology.