[icernet] AP Launches CyberGrameen Scheme

[Arul Selvan]

  Andhra Pradesh has achieved yet another distinction to host the 
country's first `CyberGrameen', a rural broadband network, aiming at 
convergence of information technology offering internet and e-governance 
tools at the remote villages. Promoted by Swarna Bharat Trust, headed by 
T Krishnaprasad, Chairman of Spartek of Chennai, the CyberGrameen was 
initially launched at Venkatachalam village of Nellore district. The 
services offered by CyberGrameen will include telephony services, 
telemedicine, distance learning, high speed data/internet, 
agricultural/horticultural services, easy-to-use native language e-Mail, 
online weather forecasts, banking, insurance and e-Governance.

Source:
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=26211

CyberGrameen — a rural project with a difference
http://www.blonnet.com/2003/01/15/stories/2003011500301700.htm