http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1146 Comments for "Escotel Grameen Phone Sewa Initiative" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1146 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Escotel Mobile Communications Ltd<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.escotelmobile.com/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.escotelmobile.com/</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> Cellular service provider Escotel's Grameen Phone Sewa initiative aims at providing connectivity to the rural masses of India. The project is similiar in concept to the Grameen Phone project in Bangladesh, where each local entrepreneur owns and operates a cellular phone that typically serves an entire village plus surrounding kasbaas. The scheme has generated an overwhelming response with over 450 villages of UP (West) and Haryana being covered by this service.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1146">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1146#comment Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity India Private Investment Funded South Asia Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:43:33 -0400 admin 1146 at http://www.nextbillion.net