as more and more indigenous intrusion is ushering in, internet is getting more inaccessible with speech synthesizers. the sites owned by different govts in India, do not bother about the protocols regarding accessibility matters. Secondly, the cable is going to be costlier with MTNL and BSNL as we have to deposit the cost of set top boxes for five years and the monthly rental for all channels is approximately rs300. at present, I pay rs200 monthly. moreover, one has to get a mtnl connection for it's other features which is a binding on the freedom of choice. therefore, unless other service providers do not follow suit, let us wait and watch.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sweety Bhalla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:28 AM Subject: [AI] Broadband triple revolution ready for take off in India > Broadband triple revolution ready for take off in India > > A broadband triple play revolution is waiting to take off in India, which > will see the computer, television and telephone becoming interactive, > according > to Dr Vijay Bhatkar who is credited with the development of India's first > supercomputer. > > "The broadband triple play technology is fully developed in India. The > technology was demonstrated on October 11 and is deliverable over the > Bharat Sanchar > Nigam Ltd network only," Bhatkar, chairman of ETH Research Lab, told PTI. > > Developed by Divinet, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) > and Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd (MKCL) with financial help from > the > Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), the broadband triple > play interactive technology has been conceived under the New Millennium > Initiative > for Technology Leadership of India programme, the well-known scientist, > who is Divinet's chief mentor, said. > > The hardware, including the chips and software, of the interactive > technology is totally indigenous and it took three years to develop it, he > said. > > For making your computer, television and telephone interactive, all you > need is a set-top box and a BSNL broadband connection, costing Rs 4,000, > Bhatkar > said. > > Although India is acknowledged as a leader in information technology, only > a very small minority is computer literate and as many as 40 crore (400 > million) > people out of over a billion (100 crore) do not know how to read and > write, he said. > > "However, broadband triple play technology is all set to change that. You > can learn about the basic applicability of computer and subsequently its > advance > use through this technology," he said. > > Besides, the computer would teach one in his local language and not only > subjects relating to information technology but even the basic courses > such as > mathematics, science, English, et cetera, the noted computer scientist > said. > > "The computer would turn into a teacher. At least 97 per cent of the > population, who do not know English, would too be at leisure to learn > anything of their > choice. That's what the broadband triple play interactive technology is > waiting to do," he said. > > "It will teach you any subject, talk and play with you all in the local > language if one has problem with English," Bhatkar said, adding that the > MKCL has > made about 2 million persons computer literate in the last three years in > Maharashtra on its own without any government funding. > > "We have been able to do this with the help of 2,500 Maharashtra Knowledge > Corporation Ltd Centres in the state, which has been successful in > creating 10,000 > jobs. This programme of ours can be replicated at the all-India level and > if begun now India can become the world's most computer literate country > in another > four years," he said. > > He said a lot of development was taking place in information and telecom > technology in India. The total production from equipment and services of > this sector > was around 3 lakh crore (3 trillion) annually. > > The contribution of information and telecom technology to India's GDP was > about 9 per cent to 10 per cent, and software products account for 25 per > cent > of our export earnings, the noted scientist said adding the industry gave > direct and indirect employment to 50 lakh (5 million) people. > > (Sweety Bhalla) > Mobile # 9868300466 > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
