The Sachet Telecom Architecture for Off Grid Locations: An Indian Case Study

In the light of past attempts to provide universal access to telephony and data connectivity, this paper outlines a new telecom architecture tailored to the needs of rural areas, the Sachet Telecom technology. It presents an economic model for an Indian state, Rajasthan, showing the Sachet Telecom a...

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Published inInternational journal of business data communications and networking Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 41 - 51
Main Authors Prasad, Rohit, Mehrotra, Rakesh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.04.2012
Subjects
Architecture
Business
Case studies
Design and construction
Economic analysis
Economic models
Economics
Indian
Networks
Rural areas
Solar energy
Sparsely populated areas
Technology application
Telecommunication systems
Telecommunications
Telephony
Voice
India
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Summary:In the light of past attempts to provide universal access to telephony and data connectivity, this paper outlines a new telecom architecture tailored to the needs of rural areas, the Sachet Telecom technology. It presents an economic model for an Indian state, Rajasthan, showing the Sachet Telecom architecture, besides empowering local entrepreneurs, scores over the conventional approach in commercial and environmental terms. The approach has the potential to be replicated for rural voice and data connectivity in energy starved regions across the world and can act as a bridge to prepare the population for the coming of fibre networks.
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ISSN:1548-0631
1548-064X
DOI:10.4018/jbdcn.2012040103