Centre for Development of Telematics (C-
DoT) has developed a service where the street vendors will be provided with a license-free ISM (industrial, scientific and medical) band says a media report. Adding up to the initiative, C-DoT's Executive Director, Vipin Tyagi says, "The Wi-Fi data voucher will kick start from Meerut, and later eventually spread across the country." Tyagi further also says that they are also working on providing Wi-Fi equipment to the respective Kirana stores, through which, internet users nearby the store will be able to get access to the Wi-Fi.
"Along with an organised billing system, the electronically powered device will offer a Wi-Fi access point with e-KYC (know your customer), OTP (one-time password) authentication and voucher packs," reports
Business Standard. Not only that, the small retailers will also be able to use free-to-use frequency available in 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) and 5.8 GHz bandwidth. With this, the users will be able to easily access radio spectrum without any restriction or interference from any of the telecom operators or regulatory bodies.
