The Hindu : Business : C-DoT comeback bid in rural telephony

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Thursday, Mar 03, 2005

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C-DoT comeback bid in rural telephony

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MARCH 2. As part of the continuing efforts to make a comeback in rural telephony, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) has entered into a tie-up to introduce, on an experimental basis, Cambridge-based Vanu Inc's Anywave software radio GSM base station technology. It will be an integral component in wireless access and broadband solutions for rural India's communication needs. Vanu Inc., is the developer of the Anywave base station, the first U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certified software radio. The partnership will focus on extending C-DoT's rural network infrastructure solution to provide wireless capability through Vanu's software radio approach to wireless communications. Initial trials will focus on GSM (cellular mobile) and future commercial deployments of the integrated solution will focus on leveraging the multi-mode capability of this base station technology. Vanu's base station consists of a base station transceiver (BTS) and a base station controller (BSC), each with software radio application running on off-the-shelf components: a wide band transceiver, an analogue-to-digital converter and an industry-standard server. The architecture is compatible with rural back-haul transport options being developed by C-DoT.

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