Information Society Watch

December 2004, John Paul, Digital Dividend

In a country where rural telecommunications infrastructure has traditionally been installed only through licensing obligations, n-Logue Communications Ltd. has created a for-profit business model designed to affordably meet the latent demand for rural connectivity. n-Logue aims to fulfill its stated mission of "significantly enhancing the quality of life of every rural Indian" by setting up a profitable network of wirelessly-connected Internet kiosks in villages throughout India. The company was incubated by the Telecommunications and Computer Networks (TeNeT) Group at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, as part of the group's mission to create appropriate and cost-effective technology solutions designed for developing countries. n-Logue has developed a viable and scaleable model for delivering information-based services to rural areas (Adapted from author).

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