In a declaration, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Indian government announced that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) will launch its the 4th Generation Wireless Broadband Service in the NCR this month.

Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and IT stated that the Greater Noida area of Dhankot will be the first to get WiMax service.

The public sector company said that other parts of the region including Bisrakh, Dadri, Jewar and Jahangirpuri will be covered by the next financial year.

WiMax, which provides up to 7 mbps broadband speed, will permit subscribers to access services comprising TV on mobile, tele-medicine, video telephony, video-conferencing, and online learning.

Moreover, BSNL and MTNL will establish 10 novel exchanges by the end of this fiscal in Noida and Greater Noida.

Sachin promised that special steps would be taken to guarantee that downtime of towers in these regions is reduced.

"With improved quality of service, I am expecting that both companies will add 25,000 new subscribers to their present subscriber base. BSNL at present has 75,000 subscribers and MTNL has 25,000 subscribers in Noida circle," said Pilot.

According to reports, more than 40,000 mobile subscribers would be added in Noida and Greater Noida regions by March next year.