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Varanasi
the pilgrim town in Uttar Pradesh has been selected by Microsoft CEO Satya
Nadella for the ambitious Digital India programme. In it's project Microsoft
will also fund local entrepreneurs aiming to build devices that can overcome
India’s bandwidth crunch.
Varanasi
is among Microsoft’s two pilot projects in India to provide low-cost Internet
to villages the first venue is a government school in Srikakulam district of
Andhra Pradesh.
Microsoft
wants to help build low-cost Internet infrastructure through a slightly
different approach his company would use idle television broadcasting spectrum
to operate devices developed by the local entrepreneurs.
Other IT giants that are taking part in Digital revolution of
India :-
Google
received permission from the Indian government earlier this month to provide
Internet using large balloons that float 20 km above the earth’s surface.
Facebook
announced in October that it would launch a satellite next year in
collaboration with the French company Eutelsat to provide low-cost Internet to
14 sub-Saharan African countries.
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