[icernet] MIT lab to connect Indian villages

[Arul Selvan MIC]

Speaking at the second international conference on Development by 
Design (dyd02) at Infosys here, Media Lab Asia chief executive officer 
Bimal Sareen said their researchers are working on a pilot project to 
provide connectivity to rural India.

"The new technology will provide broadband, asynchronous, store and 
forward connectivity in rural villages," said Sareen.

Called the 802.11 technology, it would be demonstrated to provide rural 
connectivity by provisioning wireless internet along the Kanpur-Lucknow 
corridor. Several villages across the 85 km corridor would be connected.

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