Introduction
Welcome! If you want to get information about various Internet Service Providers catering to the rural areas in India, this is the right place!
Information and Communication Technology for rural areas has been slowly, but surely picking up in the last few years through kiosks, distance education programs, e-governance etc. Needless to say, connectivity and Internet Service is one of the main prerequisites for such ventures. Here 5 such businesses are described.
Service Providers
- N-logue Communication
- N-Logue was launched to fulfil the need for Internet and voice services in every underserved small town and village in India. With headquarters in Chennai, it has already successfully enabled internet access in a number of rural areas.
- Tulip IT Services Ltd
- Primarily a wireless network integrator, Tulip IT provides services to bring IT to the doorstep. Their focus is on wireless technology for the last mile.
- Drishtee
- Drishtee encourages entrepreneurship to enable development of the village economy through information and communication technologies. It provides many services, including acting as an Internet Service Provider
- Computer On Wheels
- Launched in 2003, Computers On Wheels (COW) is a grassroots project that brings Internet services to rural, illiterate villagers in Mahboobnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India. COW is a mobile information delivery system involving a trained provider with a laptop visiting villages on a motorbike to provide support for agriculture managment and health.
- Reliance
- We explore reliance ambitious plans to connect rural india.