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| Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Janani Rangarajan, "Connecting the Next Billion: Empowering Rural India," IT Professional, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 53-55, July/August, 2011. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MITP.2011.58, author = {Ashok Jhunjhunwala and Janani Rangarajan}, title = {Connecting the Next Billion: Empowering Rural India}, journal ={IT Professional}, volume = {13}, number = {4}, issn = {1520-9202}, year = {2011}, pages = {53-55}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2011.58}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IT Professional TI - Connecting the Next Billion: Empowering Rural India IS - 4 SN - 1520-9202 SP53 EP55 EPD - 53-55 A1 - Ashok Jhunjhunwala, A1 - Janani Rangarajan, PY - 2011 KW - Keywords: Rural India KW - Internet KW - emerging markets KW - information technology VL - 13 JA - IT Professional ER - | |||
Considerable efforts over the last decade to provide Internet connectivity in rural India have yielded poor results. However, the success of mobile telephony in rural India in recent years offers hope.
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