News: Pune - The first 'unwired' city

(BS 01/04/2007) Pune - Pune will soon become the first Indian city to have a high-speed wireless Internet network even before the Centre's much-awaited spectrum policy is announced.

Christened “Unwiring Pune”, the project was jointly announced by global chip-maker Intel Corporation and Pune Municipal Corporation in March 2006 and will be kick-started on Monday.

Intel, along with Chennai-based Microsense, will establish infrastructure for a wireless communication network covering the entire city.