On The Gobar

Category: Rural | 1 Comment | Posted on February 25, 2007

Some of the oldest forms of fuel, cow dung, jatropha and cottonseed, may help power rural mobile telephony in India. The country’s first base station powered by biofuel is set to become operational at a rural area near Pune in the next couple of weeks.

The rural areas are plagued by erratic power supply and mobile companies depend heavily on diesel gensets.

P Balaji, VP, marketing & strategy, Ericsson India:

“Driving telecom penetration in rural areas is a major challenge. Uninterrupted power supply is a major issue as power cuts are frequent. A key reason why some regions lack GSM coverage is the limited reach of the electricity grid. Availability of diesel is another problem where gensets need to be up and running to ensure continuity in coverage,

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One Response to “On The Gobar”

1. dhillion
   March 8th, 2007 @ 4:03 pm

   Pundit Jee,

   Can you please kindly advise if their is any good company in India who can help people setup web sites and web hosting, emails..etc..Rgds, from NRI.

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