Ericsson Moves Into Rural India With Broadband Project
By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Wed 19 Sep 2007 01:52 AM PST
Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) has launched a rural broadband project called Gramjyoti, which uses WCDMA/HSPA technology to connect rural communities to high-speed internet services for the first time. [via release] Launched in early September, the trial project will showcase the benefits of mobile broadband applications across 18 villages and 15 towns close to Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu.
The move will provide these communities with high- speed internet so they can access to services such as telemedicine; e-education; e-governance; online local information; voice and video call services; and live TV and entertainment. Othe supporters of this initiative include Apollo Hospitals, international adoption agency Hand In Hand, e-learning company Edurite, mobile value-added-services provider One97 Communications, CNN and Cartoon Network.
