Intel Announces Rs. 5,000 Desktop for the Indian Market

I read this news while surfing net , the one word came to mind was tata , yea i know that has no relation with it but i thought this idea might be inspired from cheapest car from tata (nano) .

Intel India Thursday launched the 'Connected Indians' movement, which aims at providing to users cheap machines dubbed as nettops and netbooks.

Collaborating with Intel are industry partners such as original equipment manufacturers and Internet service providers, as well as the government.

Less than a decade ago, personal computers came attached with a price tag of more than Rs. 50,000, and the average person could at best own an 'assembled' desktop at anything between Rs. 20,000-Rs. 25,000.

Awareness among the masses is reason to pop such an audacious idea from intel . This movement will really increase the development rate in social and economic society .

The launch of the low-cost connectivity initiative marked the coming together of Intel, the various OEMs and the government, as well as other stakeholders such as talent developer NIIT, telecom operators such as Tata Teleservices, Tata Communication and Reliance Communications, and industry lobbies CII, Assocham and WiMax Forum.

Intel also signed an agreement with state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd to jointly popularise broadband Internet and wireless broadband technology WiMAX.