After India said 'no' to Free Basics and opted for net neutrality recently, the social networking giant Facebook has unveiled two new initiatives to improve internet services for the rural population in the developing countries, including India.
Announced at its two-day annual F8 conference in San Francisco, US, this week, the Antenna Radio Integration for Efficiency in Spectrum (ARIES) system will boost speed, efficiency and quality of internet connectivity in remote areas in the developing countries, a Forbes report said.
ARIES -- a base station with 96 antennas that can support 24 devices or streams simultaneously over the same radio spectrum -- can cover more users across large, rural areas by using multiple transmitters and receivers.
Facebook said the ARIES will demonstrate a 10x spectral and energy efficiency gain over typical 4G.
By open sourcing its wireless hardware, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company could help make it cheaper for telecom companies to improve mobile infrastructure.
"We stand for connecting every person, for a global community, for bringing people together, for giving everyone a voice," Zuckerberg said at the F8 conference, adding, "Our lives are connected, and I hope that we have the courage to see that the path forward is to bring people together."
Facebook also launched Terragraph -- a 60GHz wireless system aimed at bringing high-speed internet to dense urban areas around the globe. Facebook is currently testing the system at its headquarters and plans to test the system soon in the city of San Jose, California, the report added.
Jay Parikh, Facebook's vice president of engineering, said that developed economies tend to be hampered by WiFi and 4G/LTE infrastructure that cannot keep up with users' consumption of photos and video at higher resolutions.
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Announced at its two-day annual F8 conference in San Francisco, US, this week, the Antenna Radio Integration for Efficiency in Spectrum (ARIES) system will boost speed, efficiency and quality of internet connectivity in remote areas in the developing countries, a Forbes report said.
ARIES -- a base station with 96 antennas that can support 24 devices or streams simultaneously over the same radio spectrum -- can cover more users across large, rural areas by using multiple transmitters and receivers.
Facebook said the ARIES will demonstrate a 10x spectral and energy efficiency gain over typical 4G.
By open sourcing its wireless hardware, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company could help make it cheaper for telecom companies to improve mobile infrastructure.
"We stand for connecting every person, for a global community, for bringing people together, for giving everyone a voice," Zuckerberg said at the F8 conference, adding, "Our lives are connected, and I hope that we have the courage to see that the path forward is to bring people together."
Facebook also launched Terragraph -- a 60GHz wireless system aimed at bringing high-speed internet to dense urban areas around the globe. Facebook is currently testing the system at its headquarters and plans to test the system soon in the city of San Jose, California, the report added.
Jay Parikh, Facebook's vice president of engineering, said that developed economies tend to be hampered by WiFi and 4G/LTE infrastructure that cannot keep up with users' consumption of photos and video at higher resolutions.
http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/facebook-announces-new-initiatives-to-improve-internet-services/51852727
