Challenge:     Lack of mobile network in rural parts of India is the one of the  reasons leading to backwardness of India it is estimated that 40% of  rural India doesn’t have access to internet. Internet becoming as  important as water is very essential for overall progress of country.  India despite having one of lowest data rates in the world (0.2$ per  GB) struggles with network access.    Selection:

Group of people from the telecom industry decided to brainstorm  and rope in private operators. Given the geography and the  distribution of the population density of India in the flat lands,  Information and Communication technology (ICT) has the potential  of being leveraged using wireless technology. By connecting villages  with internet, and using ICTs to make villages more inclusive part of  our country one can imagine a positive change happening in these  areas. Some Internet Kiosks use the current wireless technology to  help people in rural areas (Referred from ex regulator.)

Application

This internet could connect urban and rural India facilitating the  movement of rural goods to urban markets and other way around as  well. It can also be used to develop, support and promote credit  availability of finance in rural areas, transport and courier services,  help in energy generation that has the potential to indirectly impact  development in the rural areas.

Insights

The design thinking process helped the team to come up with new  idea of OFC .The mobile revolution of the last five years has seen  base stations sprouting in most towns, owned by three or more  operators, including the state-owned company. The base stations of  the new operators are networked using optical fibre laid only in the  last 5 years.

Approach    The design thinking process involved selection of ideas based on  broad definition of having connectivity later it moved from a wireless  connectivity to wired connectivity and then to an idea of having  underground cables in order to cut down costs and hence a solution  was reached that was both efficient and cost effective.


Challenge : Lack of mobile network in rural parts of India is the one of the reasons leading to backwardness of India it is estimated that 40 % of rural India does n’t have access to internet . Internet becoming as important as water is very essential for overall progress of country . India despite having one of lowest data rates in the world ( 0.2 $ per GB ) struggles with network access . Selection : Group of people from the telecom industry decided to brainstorm and rope in private operators . Given the geography and the distribution of the population density of India in the flat lands , Information and Communication technology ( ICT ) has the potential of being leveraged using wireless technology . By connecting villages with internet , and using ICTs to make villages more inclusive part of our country one can imagine a positive change happening in these areas . Some Internet Kiosks use the current wireless technology to help people in rural areas ( Referred from ex regulator . ) Application This internet could connect urban and rural India facilitating the movement of rural goods to urban markets and other way around as well . It can also be used to develop , support and promote credit availability of finance in rural areas , transport and courier services , help in energy generation that has the potential to indirectly impact development in the rural areas . Insights The design thinking process helped the team to come up with new idea of OFC .The mobile revolution of the last five years has seen base stations sprouting in most towns , owned by three or more operators , including the state - owned company . The base stations of the new operators are networked using optical fibre laid only in the last 5 years . Approach The design thinking process involved selection of ideas based on broad definition of having connectivity later it moved from a wireless connectivity to wired connectivity and then to an idea of having underground cables in order to cut down costs and hence a solution was reached that was both efficient and cost effective .