{"id":1533,"date":"2011-01-05T09:59:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T09:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pradan.net\/sampark\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2019-07-30T07:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T07:34:15","slug":"telecom-and-rural-india-the-story-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pradan.net\/sampark\/telecom-and-rural-india-the-story-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecom and Rural India: The Story So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the apparent explosion in the use of mobile phone technology, only a small percentage of the rural people have gained from its use; the challenge lies in reaching out to this vast untapped section of society, through ways that take into consideration their ground realities-their needs, strengths and limitations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,14,13],"tags":[1480,1476,1483,1477,1481,1479,1478,1482,1484],"coauthors":[1380],"class_list":["post-1533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","category-rural-infrastructure","category-theme","tag-access-to-technology-in-rural-areas","tag-biostat-india-limited-and-aga-khan-foundation-programmes-to-provide-crop-information-to-farmers","tag-enablem","tag-kisan-sanchaar","tag-mandi-onmobile","tag-mkrishi","tag-reuters","tag-reuters-market-light","tag-telecommunication-in-rural-market"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t