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Not Wireline
Wireline is not the way to go Only a fraction of deployed copper can support DSL Rural teledensity is too low for required ramp
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Existing Coverage ~30% of population 1700 Towns ~200M people Negligible rural coverage
WWRF#19
Required Coverage 75% of population 4900 Towns ~300M people ~350 000 Villages ~450M people Rene Abraham 2007, Chennai
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- Relevance issue?
- Cost issue?
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9.22 Million Internet subscribers 2.4 Million broadband subscribers ~38 Million more have cellular Internet access
- Email? RSS? - Or not used?
100, 000s
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Challenges
Economic Technical Regulatory Social
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Other constraints
- Equipment availability - Power - Reliability
WWRF#19 Rene Abraham 2007, Chennai Page 8
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Voice support
- Efficient transit and termination
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User maintained
- Low power & commodity battery
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Power
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Power Issues
~44% of rural households have access to electricity Typically 36 hours of autonomous operation required Solar panel
- <20W: Terminal + Access Device + Lighting
Commodity, user-replaceable battery Very wide input voltage and surge tolerance
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- Kiosk can also be village access edge operations centre and last mile bridge
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Share Also
Storage Peripherals
- Scanners and printers
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Example: BroadbandcorDECT
E1 or Ethernet Backhaul
Fiber or Radio
POP
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Internet Access Device + feature phone with phone book, CLI, call charge meter, SMS, alarm, reminder, date, time Access Internet and Intranet applications directly
Chat, E-mail, Information Services
Full feature keyboard 40-character, 4-line display Hands-free operation option Local language user interface option in future
Thank you
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