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India Commissions its First Hi-Speed Rural Broadband Network under NOFN/Digital India Programme

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Kerala's Idukki to get India's first hi-speed rural broadband network

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India's first hi-speed rural broadband network would be commissioned in Kerala's high range Idukki district tomorrow, ushering in a new era of Digital India.

With the commissioning of the network, Idukki with a large tribal and rural population would become the first district in the country to have all its gram panchayats connected through National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN), an official release said here today.

Union Minister for Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad will commission the network at a function here, where Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is expected to be the chief guest.

The establishment of NOFN would open up new avenues for access service providers like mobile and cable TV operators to launch next generation services.

According to the release, NOFN is the largest rural connectivity project of its kind in the world. It seeks to link each of the 2.5 lakh gram panchayats of India through broadband optical fibre network.

NOFN is expected to facilitate broadband connectivity to over 600 million rural citizens of the country over its completion.

It will enable the gram panchayats to have 100 Mbps of bandwidth, thereby facilitating the delivery of various e-Services and applications including e-health, e-education, e-governance and e-commerce in the future, the release said.

In the first phase, NOFN shall be extended to cover 50,000 gram panchayats and the remaining 2 lakh is expected to be covered in a phased manner by 2016, it added.


Source:- Kerala's Idukki to get India's first hi-speed rural broadband network - The Economic Times
 
This augurs well for e-commerce and FMCG companies in India. The last mile connectivity was a huge problem in India ( realised when I was working on a project in Unilevers ).

This will open up huge opportunities for corporations like Amazon and p&G and Unilever and likes in penetrating the rural india through it's products.
 
This augurs well for e-commerce and FMCG companies in India. The last mile connectivity was a huge problem in India ( realised when I was working on a project in Unilevers ).

This will open up huge opportunities for corporations like Amazon and p&G and Unilever and likes in penetrating the rural india through it's products.
Physical last mile connectivity or digital last mile connectivity?
 
Physical last mile connectivity or digital last mile connectivity?

Both. Digital last mile connectivity is one aspect of it and the major driving factor.

We had some headway in increasing physical foot prints through some creative programs called "Shakti" or something. Digital foot print will make sure those products can now be seen and their usage patterns studied directly at a micro level. Earlier we were relying on those retail shops in the rural parts for the consumer behavior which will no longer be the case.
 
They should start work on Quantum and other cryptography techniques for secure network. Specially all the GoI and Banking works must be done though encryptions.
 
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