Excelsior Correspondent
VARANASI, May 21: Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the Telecom R&D centre of Government of India has developed Broadcast to Broadband Gateway (BBG) which will bring revolution at Rural India to resolve the challenge of internet backhaul and fiber-cut issue and will enable the people to enjoy services without interruption.
Also, C-DOT has conceptualized and developed system which receives the live television contents from satellite free dish platform of the national broadcaster Prasar Bharti, using a small DTH antenna and distributes to portable devices like smart phones, tablets and laptops through a Wi-Fi/WLAN technology.
Launching the technology, MoS for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan has emphasized the capability of this solution during the launch.
He mentioned that unlike the urban students, the rural and village students faced lot of difficulties during the pandemic times due to the lack of rural IT infrastructure.
The e-Shiksha solution enabled the rural people to access the educational contents. He also mentioned that apart from education, the content related to agriculture, health, skill development etc are very beneficial to rural area.
Anupriya Patel, MoS for Commerce and Industry appreciated the efforts made by C-DOT for the development of Broadcast to Broadband Gateway and mentioned that the rural people should not be deprived of any new technology access. This solution is very much useful for the education and the rural students will get the maximum benefit out of this.
C-DOT BBG solution will prove to be a concrete step in the direction of achieving self-reliance in Telecom sector in rural and unconnected areas of the country.
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