Articles tagged with: Maharashtra and Villages

India's RCom Launching its Nationwide GSM Network

India's Reliance Communications has announced that it will, over the next few days, launch a nationwide GSM/EDGE network. The launch covering 1 billion people in 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages is by far the widest one-time network launch.  more

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Mobile Phones Revolutionizing Development in Rural India

Mobile communication is revolutionizing economic and social life in rural India, spawning a wave of local entrepreneurs and creating greater access to social services according to a new study by The Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS) commissioned by Nokia. The research identifies seven major service sectors including transport, finance and healthcare that could be radically transformed through mobile technologies. more

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