Organised on: 2 December 2011
Organised by: Digital Empowerment Foundation & Internet Society (ISOC)
Organised during: Manthan Award Annual Digital Festival for Development 2011
DEF and ISOC organized a summit which aimed at creating a common platform involving different stakeholders for the purpose of discussion on how to utilize low-cost Wi-Fi based mesh equipment to connect and empower rural and underserved communities. The Summit inducted with an overview of Chanderi Wireless for Communities Project. The filmrepresented how W4C project impacted rural communities of Chanderi.
The Summit was structured in a form of discussion platform for all stakeholders of wirelesscommunity, including wireless implementers, wireless designers, private stakeholders,government officials, policy makers, etc. The summit started with an overview of theproject and how wireless technology can help in connecting rural regions of the country.The Summit also shared experiences and success stories from the ground levelemphasizing on challenges faced while setting up the network as well as addressing theissue of lack of content and services provided for rural area which strongly affects thevillage economy from emerging from the bottom of the pyramid.
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