WiMAX boom? ; Yes, but it won't be before 2009, says Gartner.

India is likely to have 6.9 million mobile and fixed WiMAXconnections by the end of 2011, says IT research and advisory firmGartner. The firm estimates that currently there are about 35,000WiMAX connections in the country.

WiMAX, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access,is a technology aimed at carrying wireless data over long distancesin a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobilecellular-type access.

Gartner, however, believes that the major growth in WiMAX willhappen only after 2009. According to the research agency, eventhough the Indian government is pushing for WiMAX as a technologyfor connecting rural areas with broadband …