Wi-Fi buses bring e-commerce to the village

The cost of installing cables connecting to the Internet in remote rural areas has led to the introduction of bus and motorbike teams in charge of getting information on products, services, entertainment . and running to the village, passing on Go to PC via Wi-Fi connection.

People are waiting for the bus to bring information.Photo: BBC .

This form is being conducted in some rural areas of Rwanda, Paraguay, Cambodia and India. Amir Hassan is the founder of United Village (community village, computer access place) in India and brings free news to people. A regular bus passes through the village six times a day to update the information page through an antenna-mounted box.

" This system helps people buy essential products like fertilizers, pesticides, books and medicines. We brought e-commerce to the countryside, " Hassan said. " They also want to know the number of cricket matches, see new photos of beautiful Aishwarya Rai or Bollywood gossip ."

People can also "order" information buses on demand for a few rupees. For example, if someone wants to get information about Britney Spears, they will ask the car to go to the city to get information. A few hours later, the bus will come back and put the corresponding website into the village computer.

These cars also distribute e-mails between villagers together. Since most people are illiterate and most websites are in English, they have to ask the computer custodian to read the household. " More and more people ask me about PC functions and the Internet, " said Raj Kishor Swain, Satasankha's computer operator.