W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) is the technology for wideband wireless access supporting 3G cell phone services, it allows very high-speed multimedia services like wireless Internet access and videoconferencing.

A few weeks back I wrote in Wireless in the Barrio about how envious I was of India for having telecenters in their rural areas and how I was so happy that there are actually telecenters right here in the country. But having spoken with S. Senthil Kumaran, Associate Director of the Honda Informatics Center of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), the envy has turned into awe. Senthil was in the country for to share his experience in establishing ICT centers in India.