Microsoft proposes White-Fi to boost Digital India

While giving a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, Microsoft Corporation has announced that its newly-developed White-Fi technology can provide free Wi-Fi connectivity to a large section of the Indian population. White-Fi or television White-Space technology works like Wi-Fi on a bigger scale.

During last year’s visit to India, Microsoft’s chief executive Satya Nadella had urged telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to use its White-Fi technology as an alternative to Wi-Fi to provide internet connectivity in the country’s rural and remote areas.

ravi shankar prasad satya nadella microsoft 300x300 Microsoft proposes White Fi to boost Digital IndiaAccording to National technology officer of Microsoft India, Prashant Shukla, to make India truly digital, it is critical to extend broadband in rural India, which has little or no digital connectivity wherein innovative technologies such as TV White-Space can make a big difference and successfully help connect India’s population. He explained that TV White-Space technology puts the unused spectrum in the TV channels to a good effect. This technology has potential to provide free connectivity to large sections of the Indian population through wider coverage and economical deployment and licence-free access....Raad more