Public Data Office
The PDO creates Wi-Fi
hotspots using 2G, 3G or 4G signals and connect up to 100 mobile devices at a
given time in a range of 500 metres.
The Union Minister for Communications
Shri Manoj Sinha, said that present day telecommunication and networking is
expanding its strength and voice based network are getting changed to data (Internet ) oriented networks. Speaking at the India-EU ICT Standardization conference at
C-DOT here, he said that this has been possible because of the standardization
of telecom equipment and interconnectivity. He said that India has planned 100
smart cities and it is necessary to take care of our citizens in terms of
quality of life, security and well-being. He said that standardization of
machine to machine communication will ensure that there is participation of
many players in realization of smart city ICT infrastructure and it will be a
platform on which new applications like e-health, e-traffic control, e-waste
management, e-mandi, e-education and many other new applications will evolve.
Shri Sinha said that it is good trend that European standard development
organization is collaborating with Indian telecom standard development
organization who are developing standards and a premier telecom R&D
institution like C-DOT is developing systems on these standards. He said this
is an important direction for standard way of implementing smart sensor and
applications for a Smart City.
Speaking on the occasion, the Executive Director of C-DOT Shri
Vipin Tyagi said that Public Data Office, PDO that the Minister has launched
today will go a long way in providing internet access to the rural masses at
affordable cots. He said that this will also help in realizing the dream of the
Prime Minister for Digital India and will bridge the gap between haves and have
nots. He is this is truly a revolution of sorts for its journey from PCO to
PDO.
C-DOT PDO is ready
to bring yet another revolution by taking internet connectivity to every nook
and corner of the country like it did in the 1980s when PCOs changed the Indian
telecom scene in by taking telephones to rural India. C-DOT hopes that PDOs
would bring next telecom revolution by taking internet connectivity to the
masses. Like PCOs, the PDOs would enable small shop owners increase their
income by selling data vouchers. This will also encourage village-level
entrepreneurship and provide strong employment opportunities, especially in
rural and semi urban areas.
“The government is expanding wifi services in rural area. The PDO will use wifi signal to amplify it and create wifi hotspots. It can even catch signal from mobile towers. There is no need to insert sim or wireline connection to create hotpots,” Tyagi said. He said that the C-DOT is keeping an eye on consultation process of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India which has proposed allowing general retailers to sell data connection.
“In present scenario only internet service providers or virtual network operators can use it for providing data retail service but it can be modified to suit the licence conditions later,” Tyagi said. C-DOT expects to transfer PDO technology to domestic manufacturers within Nearly 2-4 months and expect the product to retail below Rs 50,000 a unit.
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