Saturday, April 08, 2006

Intel and Radiant to setup 1500 internet kiosks in India

... and that translates to new windows opening up for rural India for online content. More opportunities for Langulin to provide knowledge from other languages to Indian native languages.

Read this news from Sify.

Friday, 07 April , 2006, 08:37

Hyderabad: Radiant Infosystems Ltd has announced its tie-up with Intel Corporation to reach out its eGovernance solutions in India. The company is in the process of setting up 1,500 Internet kiosks by July end, which will serve as single-point interface to access host of government services over the Internet, besides services from private players.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the CEO of Radiant, Venu Myneni, said, "We have partnered with Intel that helps us offer their community PC platform."

The Director of Emerging Technologies, Intel Corporation, Joydeep Bose, said, "Intel actively supports efforts to provide computer technology to places where it has not previously been available."

Intel recently announced a new initiative to provide a community PC platform suitable for usage in rural areas. Such a system would be ideal for eGovernance and eLearning initiatives, Bose said.

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