Description: Wi-Fi technology adoption is on the rise in India, and the world’s most pervasive wireless local networking technology is enabling social and economic development across the region, according to new research sponsored by the Wi-Fi Alliance and conducted by Tonse Telecom.  The report, titled “Wi-Fi in India: A Key Enabler of Economic, Social and Community Development,” cites growing laptop sales, rising broadband penetration, and pervasive use of mobile phones for rich content transfer as key harbingers of widespread Wi-Fi use among a growing segment of India’s more than 1.1 billion citizens.

Source: Wi-Fi Alliance

Date: 3/24/2008

Link: http://www.wi-fi.org/pressroom_overview.php?newsid=673

Discussion Questions:

1. What changes in India immediately come to mind?