India launches solar-powered Wi-Fi system

In a bid to advance the Digital India 
<http://www.eetindia.co.in/SEARCH/ART/Digital+India.HTM> initiative, 
C-DOT launched four broadband products today, including a solar-powered 
Wi-Fi <http://www.eetindia.co.in/SEARCH/ART/Wi%7E%40%7EFi.HTM> system, 
according to an official statement quoted by /Hindustan Times/. C-DOT is 
the research and development institute of the Department of 
Telecommunications.

Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveiled the solar-powered 
Wi-Fi along with 100Gbit/s optical fibre cable (OFV) link, long distance 
Wi-Fi system and C-DOT's next generation network (NGN) in MTNL network. 
The launch was part of the Digital India week.

Operating in licence-exempt bands of 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz, the 
solar-powered Wi-Fi system is designed to be used in outdoor 
environments and inaccessible terrains, where power is in short supply, 
according to C-DOT. It can also function in harsh conditions and with 
variable input voltages. In addition, the system can be used for 
cellular base stations and base station controllers, Wi-Fi hotspots, 
database servers and ATMs.

The OFC link will address the growing demand for superior bandwidth, 
power efficiency and high speed, while the long distance Wi-Fi system 
will extend Wi-Fi and IP connectivity to India's isolated parts. 
Cost-effective and power-efficient, the system can provide 100Mbit/s of 
broadband speed, C-DOT claimed.

Finally, the NGN solution takes care of the need of the evolving telecom 
industry and helps telecom firms to have a smooth shift from legacy time 
division multiplexing (TDM) technology to advanced VoIP Telecom technology.

C-DOT earlier tested the developed live network for 1,000 landline 
connections of legacy public switched telephone network (PSTN) 
technologies to its IMS-compliant NGN network technology, and the result 
turned out to be a success. The trial will allow MTNL to implement 
services, such as voice, video and data, through several access-based 
network on IP.

Moreover, C-DOT said that it is now viable to move its 3.5 million MTNL 
landline subscribers to an IP-based network.

http://www.eetindia.co.in/ART_8800713842_1800005_NT_56f55564.HTM

_______________________________________________
India-gii mailing list
India-gii-IAPFreCvJWP2/[email protected]
https://lists.india-gii.org/mailman/listinfo/india-gii