India's Rural Masses Embrace WI-FI

Maharashtra is not alone, however; communities across rural India have begun embracing wi-fi, recently legalized by India's government. At a recent technology conference in Bangalore, India, speakers suggested that these rural communities were actually ahead of the curve in terms of wi-fi deployment when compared to their urban Indian counterparts. Given the lack of communications infrastructure in much of rural India, wi-fi is quickly filling a niche as more villages desire to go online.

Some Indian companies, though, have invested in deploying fiber optic lines to rural areas, but much of this bandwidth is unused; experts suggest that these companies should partner with communities to further expand "last mile" Internet connectivity throughout rural India.

source: InfoChange India