IEEE Communications Magazine · 1994 · 25 citations · 3 references
ComputingInformation TechnologyMobile SystemsRural DevelopmentWireless CommunicationsCommunication NetworksCommunication SystemsMobile CommunicationMobile NetworkingMobile NetworksWireless NetworksCellular Network ArchitectureCellular NetworksCellular System DesignMobile Communication TechnologiesMobile Phone CommunicationRural Telecommunications AccessTelecommunications Networks
Seventy-five percent of India's population is in rural villages, yet almost 90 percent of the country's phones are in urban sites. The authors propose a fixed cellular radio system, combined with the existing mobile network, as a cost effective way to extend telecommunications services to India's rural areas.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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