United Villages, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, developed technology to wirelessly connect isolated villages to the Internet, using Wi-Fi in an unusual way.
United Villages provides a phone number,email address, and basic Internet access for people living in rural areas. United Villages is the only company dedicated to providing information and communications services exclusively for rural India.
How it works ?? Its pretty cool the way they work. Using pre-paid cards, locals in remote villages write emails or record phone messages and save their words at computer kiosks installed in schools and community halls—and this is where United Villages comes in.
Using what United Villages calls DakNet, buses fitted out with short-range Wi-Fi antennas pass through villages, automatically picking up stored emails and voice messages as they go. Once a bus reaches a city with Internet connectivity, it relays the emails and messages to their appointed destinations via the web.
They provide VoiceMail, Text Messaging, email, web search, e-Shop and what not.
Your own phone number and Voice-Mail number with no monthly fee, no expiration date, and immediate activation.
- 38p per minute average to landline or mobile numbers anywhere in India
- Receive calls anytime at your convenience! You don’t have to be at a PCO to receive a call! :-)
- No computer skills required! Their DakNet Service Provider can type your email for you.
- No need to travel, send emails right from your own village!
And have you looked at their pricing ? Its pretty cheap too.
Only Rs. 50 for: LifeTime Number, LifeTime Email, No Monthly Fee and Rs. 10 TalkTime. Thats just amazing.
They have prepaid cards available in Rs. 25, Rs. 50 and Rs. 100.
Way to go for Indian villagers. I think currently they have their network in Orrissa. So check it out. Here is their website : UnitedVillages
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