• DocumentCode
    1279868
  • Title

    Connecting the Next Billion: Empowering Rural India

  • Author

    Jhunjhunwala, Ashok ; Rangarajan, Janani

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    Considerable efforts over the last decade to provide Internet connectivity in rural India have yielded poor results. However, the success of mobile telephony in rural India in recent years offers hope.
  • Keywords
    Internet; mobile computing; radiotelephony; Internet connectivity; mobile telephony; rural India; Communication systems; India; Internet; Internetworking; Mobile communication; Rural areas; Strategic planning; Wide area networks; Internet; Keywords: Rural India; emerging markets; information technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITP.2011.58
  • Filename
    5960025