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Telcos should focus on rural connectivity
By siliconindia
Mumbai: Indian telecom operators should focus on rural connectivity by using evolving technologies and applying them in the field of education by facilitating distance learning, tele-medicine and financial inclusion, a Telecom Department official said, reports PTI.
"The country needed to focus on applications for education, e-governance, health, food and developing local applications in rural areas," said Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund, Department of Telecommunication in his keynote address at the CII organized 'Teletech 2010'. The conference was organized on the theme of 'Rural Connectivity and the Innovative Way Ahead'.
"Despite significant growth in the Indian telecom industry, tele-density is low with a visible technology divide between rural and urban strata," he said. While the gap between the digital haves and have-nots has narrowed significantly, the aim is to reach the same level of growth in rural areas as in urban areas, Bhattacharya said.