MARKET INFORMATION
While the market for ISPs has stagnated, enterprises, especially from the
banking and media sectors are some of the biggest clientele of microwave radio
systems. These include names like Punjab National Bank, Bank of Punjab, NDTV,
Radio Mirchi, Mid Day, Star News and Hindustan Times. Though last year, the
market was nearly flat, it is slated to grow by more than 50 percent this year
to end at nearly Rs 150 crore.
Radios typically excel in remote locations and in smaller
towns where it is difficult and more expensive to deploy optic fiber. Therefore,
as BSNL plans large-scale expansion in the North East, radio systems could
receive a big thrust this year. Cisco and Proxim are the main players, though
HNS, Alcatel, and Fresnel could come into the reckoning in the near
future.
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