Hindustan Times, New Delhi, October 31, 2002

“The Government has decided to deregulate the use of Wireless Local Area Networks and the Blue tooth Technology equipment in the 2.4 gig hertz band.”

Business Telegraph, New Delhi, December 24, 2002

“There is new kid on the block who threatens on the two leading technologies-global system for mobile communications (GSM) and code division for multiple access (CDMA).It is code named 802.11b and has a stylish name:Wi-Fi.

“The term Wi-Fi is shorthand for wireless fidelity. It covers a set of design rules formally known as 802.11, which were developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a non-profit group.” 

“Nicholas Negro Ponte, who heads the Media Lab Asia project, predicts that Wi-Fi will bring another revolution in the telecom industry. Craig Barret, head of Intel, has identified this technology for developing countries to sriral the broad band growth.”

In India, Wi-fi has been allowed under the citizen band worldwide known as the Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) band in the range of 2.4 to 2.4835 gig hertz. This band does not require any spectrum clearance from the Wireless Planning Commission (WPC).