Wireless for Communities: Empowering Communities through Wireless Connectivity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2012Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Journal:IEEE Internet Computing, volume 16, pages 77-79 (issn: 1089-7801,

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Authors: Rajnesh D. Singh;

doi: 10.1109/mic.2012.58

Wireless for Communities: Empowering Communities through Wireless Connectivity

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Wireless technologies can provide cost-effective Internet connectivity to dispersed communities located in challenging terrain. The Internet Society, in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation and the Nepal Wireless Networking Project, has helped establish a mesh-type Wi-Fi networking to provide basic connectivity to remote Chanderi, India.

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