So any application that’s available on the web today can be mobile-enabled. If you use gmail, hotmail today there is a software applications, there are certain applications for the mobile broadband crowd as well. Globally, iPhone alone has witnessed one billion downloads from App Store in less than 18 months.

India is a huge IT industry and obviously one of the leaders in outsource billing, operations and portals for companies worldwide. The government can provide mobile broadband right down to the village panchayat level and to the council level and deliver applications over the network.

Q3) Do you feel the current guidelines and the kind of spectrum available in India make a strong case for mobile broadband in India. Do you feel there is more scope for government support on the initiative?

Ans: We are waiting for the government of India to auction regions. We are just hungry for that. We see there is demand and we conceive that government’s objectives to bridge the digital divide require broadband.

We believe that starting the process in terms of the 3G auction is critical and then expansion plans straight after is also a key.

And the reason to say that is 3G provides a massive expansion based on voice and its capabilities, which takes the pressure off the existing 2G network, which is already suffering a capacity crunch in its voice service. So the first phase if you like is taking off the weight from 2G network and moving on to 3G network. And the second phase if I may say is that we have got this extra capacity. Till then it’s good to make sure you are capturing that demand and making sure you give them this experience.

We don’t see evidence yet that the government is thinking along those lines but see that the government wants to do is 3G auction and that’s the time immediately for doing that.

Q4) When it comes to rural subscribers, the uptake of services like mobile broadband is marred by the fact that the price of terminals to access such services do not fit pocket. How should one overcome such challenge?