The Jig Saw

Monday, March 14, 2005

Mobile phones vs Tele Centers

[Via The Economist] "Mobile phones reduce transaction costs, broaden trade networks and substitute for costly physical transport. They are of particular value when other means of communication (such as roads, post or fixed-line phones) are poor or non-existent."

Though we've heard about the numerous stories about mobile phones benefiting rural areas where road are poor and fixed phone non-existent .. in practice many of these areas don’t have network coverage for mobile phones either .. and in some of these places in
India tele centers are the only communication link to the outside world!

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    By Blogger Rajesh Barnwal, at 4:42 PM  

  • What is a Telecentre?

    A Telecentre is a friendly local community centre equipped with communication and information processing equipment using computer assets with access to telecommunication networks.

    A typical Telecentre has computers, Internet, email facilities, two-way 128kb videoconferencing, photocopiers, fax machines, printers, TV & video machines, decoders, scanners and much more depending on the needs of the community.

    By Blogger Rajesh Barnwal, at 5:07 PM  

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