The Karnataka high court will introduce wireless internet in six to seven months, reported the Deccan Herald.
The advocates association had made the request for a court-based wireless internet network to the registrar general, who have now started the tendering process to find a provider of the internet service.
In March, the Bangalore Mirror had reported a tender to buy 40 iPhones for judges.
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The tech in this news is "Wi-Fi" (may sound like Wifey but is indeed much faster and more forgiving). "Wireless internet" is a generic term which subsumes Wi-Fi and other mobile wireless techs (e.g. 3G, 3.5G, 4G). So why substitute the generic (in the article body) and leave the specific in the title? (The geekiness quotient leaks out thus).
Now it would also be worth reporting whether the Service Provider implements a Legal Intercept (LI or snoop) interface just for this "plum" location, or whether everything goes into the big pipe which is the usual right place for such functionality. Data privacy, anyone?
At the moment, I don't think there is any cost-effective technology for local wireless internet connectivity other than wifi, so in this context wireless and WiFi are probably interchangeable, since WiMax technology is generally not yet used to connect directly to end-points, and 3G, 4G and so-on would generally be provided by telecom companies rather than local infrastructure...
As to intercept, it probably all depends on how cheaply the lowest bidder provides the Wifi for... Though all advocates using it could be well-advised to get a VPN anyway.