vvinayakpai 26 Report post Posted August 25, 2009 RCom launches rural wireless internet August 25th, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Telecom operator Reliance Communications (RCom) Tuesday announced the launch of a high-speed wireless internet service plan and other initiatives aimed at 500,000 villages. “RCom’s rural thrust would drive internet penetration across rural and suburban terrain and provide value-added services specific to the rural needs,” said RCOM’s wireless division president S.P. Shukla. “The Indian telecom wireless rural subscriber base is now over 125 million. The next wave of telecom growth is emerging from rural India. With rural base expected to double in the next few years, RCom is committed to drive this exponential growth through innovative and ground-breaking service offerings and tariffs,” said Shukla. According to RCom president Mahesh Prasad, mobile telephony is rapidly overcoming the challenge of access in rural areas. “Our goal is to offer to this large rural population innovative products and services customized for rural and local needs, and tap the highly potential but relatively unaddressed market topography,” Prasad said. The company’s rural drive will comprise three initiatives: BharatNet Plan, GrameenVAS and M2M (Machine to Machine) solutions. The BharatNet Plan, a high-speed wireless Internet service, will cover over 20,000 rural locations, and is RCom’s strategy to drive rural Internet penetration. BharatNet will be offered at Rs.98 a week. “Driving Internet penetration across the country beyond major cities is a key priority for us,” said Prasad. GrameenVAS will offer value-added services (VAS) to cater to specific needs of rural mobile phone users. Services will include providing market rates, agriculture and animal husbandry updates and weather forecast in multiple Indian languages. M2M applications will aid automation of agro- and irrigation services, water level monitoring, data gathering for milk and agri-cooperatives, fisheries, poultry, and soil analysis. Source: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/rcom-launches-rural-wireless-internet_100237916.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@mitJ@in 256 Report post Posted August 25, 2009 Rs98 mei 1x NetConnect services....aur Metro Cities walo ko Rs.1500 mei.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted August 25, 2009 1x services to chhodo.. aaloo, Tamatar aue sabzi ke bhao bhi hum metro wale double hi dete hai... but metros chhod bhi to nahi sakte Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted August 25, 2009 BharatNet Plan: Reliance communications aims to target the 4 million PC users in rural India who need high speed net connectivity similar to those available in urban areas. This plan will be available in 20,000 rural locations across India and are considered to be a high-speed variant of Reliance’s NetConnect service. The speeds offered under these services will be about 153 kbps. The services can be availed for weekly rental of Rs 98 and download limits of 350 MB. Reliance says that the pricing falls under its sachet model. The services will be available across the rural India except for metros and top 100 cities. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supernova 47 Report post Posted August 26, 2009 this means at a montky rental of 392 you get 1.4 gb per month subject to 350 mb per week .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmkarthikeyhan 2 Report post Posted September 25, 2010 (edited) Useless plan as of now even... it is not implemented till today..... Edited September 25, 2010 by gmkarthikeyhan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
