Microsoft aims to bring low-cost broadband to 500,000 Indian villages

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Published on September 28, 2015

published on September 28, 2015

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While speaking at a dinner in honor of visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella said the Redmond-based company aims to bring low-cost broadband to 500,000 villages in India as a part of Digital India initiative (via Times of India).

“We believe that lost-cost broad band connectivity coupled with the scale of cloud computing intelligence that can be harnessed from data can help drive creativity, efficiency and productivity across governments and businesses of all sizes… A key part of both Make in India and Digital India, bringing world class infrastructure into India, respecting India’s digital security, sovereignty and privacy is a key milestone for us.”

Microsoft’s jumping on the Digital India initiative program will be a large help as they have the capacity and the technology to make sure high-tech equipment is available in the country. While technology such as broadband internet can be taken for granted, it is not as widely available as some would initially believe. Last week Engadget reported on the United Nation’s findings that indicate over 4 billion people in the world will go without internet access in 2015.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.