Setting up a low cost sustainable telecommunication infrastructure for rural communications in developing countries

Abstract

This paper provides information on Government of India initiative to provide Broadband services to Rural India. In the absence of reliable grid supply in rural areas, deployment of alternate power system plays major role to power the Broadband systems deployed in rural areas. Service expansion requires fast site setup and low power consumption. This is being challenged by site acquisition and construction issues because of inconvenient access to many rural areas and energy supply that is often unstable or cannot keep up with demand. This contribution paper provides methodology based on the experience of the actual on-site techniques adopted in Broadband Network resulting in huge savings on operating expenses due to fuel consumption of diesel gen-sets and to optimize & harvest maximum renewable energy from available renewable sources in the rural areas having either no grid or poor grid.