Title :
Rural communications in India using fixed cellular radio systems
Author :
Westerveld, Rudi ; Prasad, Ramjee
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. & Traffic-Control Syst. Group, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
Seventy-five percent of India´s population is in rural villages, yet almost 90 percent of the country´s phones are in urban sites. The authors propose a fixed cellular radio system, combined with the existing mobile network, as a cost effective way to extend telecommunications services to India´s rural areas.<>
Keywords :
cellular radio; economics; subscriber loops; telephone systems; India; fixed cellular radio systems; mobile network; rural areas; rural villages; telecommunications services; Cellular networks; Control systems; Costs; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Radio control; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication services; Telephony;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
