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Chicago-headquartered Cambium Networks is targeting tier II and III cities as it sees growth for its broadband services in those regions.
Cambium provides wireless broadband solutions that can be used in cities as well as dense forests or mountains leveraging WiFi and other technologies used by telcos to improve internet connectivity.
"There is demand for broadband services in these regions and we see triple digit revenue growth this year," said Atul Bhatnagar, President and CEO, Cambium Networks, a former Motorola employee. The company being privately held does not disclose revenues.
Rural broadband pilot
"Rugged and remote landscapes won't support fibre deployments. Our solutions aid in connecting people, places, and things where it is not practical to deploy fibre technology," added Himanshu Motial, VP, Sales, APAC, Cambium. The company is doing a rural broadband pilot project with RailTel For 3,800 Villages In Madhya Pradesh and counts corporates such as Jindal, Essar, ONGC, IndianOil, Hindalco as some of its clients.
Demand for broadband is heating up in India, with 4G and other kinds of technologies coming in. Recently, the $1.4-billion US-based ViaSat Inc approached the Centre for permission to provide high speed internet broadband to homes using satellite and is talking to the government for changing the open sky regulations, which it believes could connect millions to broadband internet.
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