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This article focuses on the development of a communications protocol aimed at increasing the coverage area of wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) mesh networks in India in 2005. Several nodes can exchange radio signals with each other as well as with users in a Wi-Fi mesh environment. The protocol enables off-the-shelf Wi-Fi radios to form mesh networks with distances of up to 40 kilometers between their nodes while maintaining or even increasing data transfer speeds. A medium access control is needed in every wireless network to transmit radio signals in an orderly fashion.

Recent data compromises involving outsourcing vendors in India are focusing renewed attention on offshore security and privacy safeguards. But so far, at least, they haven't resulted in any calls for additional controls from U.S. clients. This article describes the most recent incident of security breach. It involved the alleged sale of information about more than 1,000 British bank accounts to a British newspaper. The data was obtained by an individual in New Delhi, India from call center contacts and sold to a reporter from the newspaper, "The Sun."