Nasscom, Canadian company in tie-up
IT industry body Nasscom has tied up with Canada-based Data Wind Corporation to provide internet connectivity in rural areas of the country.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: IT industry body Nasscom has tied up with Canada-based Data Wind Corporation to provide internet connectivity in rural areas of the country.
The two companies have begun a pilot project in various states such as Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra, where net access device PocketSurfer developed by the Canadian firm was being distributed by Nasscom for internet connectivity, according to a Nasscom release.
The project would be reviewed by an expert team in the next quarter of the current fiscal and then implemented at the grassroots level, it said.
Asia-Pacific Head of Data Wind Harjinder Singh said the company would develop and provide low cost wireless web access devices to the Nasscom Foundation for the project, the release added.
The two companies have begun a pilot project in various states such as Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra, where net access device PocketSurfer developed by the Canadian firm was being distributed by Nasscom for internet connectivity, according to a Nasscom release.
The project would be reviewed by an expert team in the next quarter of the current fiscal and then implemented at the grassroots level, it said.
Asia-Pacific Head of Data Wind Harjinder Singh said the company would develop and provide low cost wireless web access devices to the Nasscom Foundation for the project, the release added.
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