New Delhi, Reitel Corporation of India chairman and managing director R.K.Bahuguna. Wi-fi or a local area wireless technology could be a fourth generation connection for digitizing rural India.
"Wi-fi could be a 4G of rural India," while speaking at the CEO Roundtable on the Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2014 supported by Cellular Operators' Association of India.
Railtel is a miniratna government enterprise to provide nation-wide broadband, telecom and multimedia network.
4G LTE is the fastest network connection available in India.
The government has embarked on an ambitious National Optical Fibre Network project that aims at providing broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh gram panchayats in India by March 2017.
"The government has done a pilot project in three villages, each in Tripura, Rajasthan and Odisha to connect blocks through wi-fi in 2012," contending wi-fi is pocket friendly for rural India as well compared to broadband. more >>
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