Bridging the Rural Digital Divide: Status & Future Agenda

- by Dr. Gursharan Singh Kainth & Ms. Kamalpreet Kaur *

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There have been many developments in infrastructures without wires; wireless technology can provide a much more cost-effective solution while deploying ICT services to an area with no existing infrastructure. There are many options available - fixed wireless: WiFi, WiMax (soon), satellite and mobile wireless, traditional cellular, 3G and GSM. The cor-Dect solution provides line of site access to each subscriber around a central transmission tower. Without the cost of running lines to each customer, the cost per subscriber is drastically reduced. For broadband Internet access, WiFi and WiMax use similar methods, and are able to provide high-speed Internet without running individual lines, utilizing receivers and repeaters that are located across the geographic area to be served. Cell-phones are the obvious choice for providing voice communication services due to the lower infrastructure cost, and the falling prices for hand-sets. 3G also provides high-speed data access, but is targeted at mobile, not fixed, users.

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Dr. Gursharan Singh Kainth specializes in Quantitative & Development Economics, and is currently Director of GAD Institute of Development Studies, Amritsar, a self-financed research institute. Has been honoured with various awards, including Guru Draunacharya Samman, Vijay Rattan Award, etc.
Ms. Kamalpreet Kaur is Research Scholar at GAD Institute of Development Studies.
Article posted on December 28, 2008.

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