This paper examines how wireless technologies can be used effectively
in India to provide telephones in urban and rural areas. Even though t
he telephone density in India is very low unless there is cost reducti
on in providing a telephone, there cannot be an explosive increase in
telephones. This paper proposes a DECT based Wireless in Local Loop sy
stem for urban areas, and a hybrid with a TDM-TDMA Point-to-multipoint
system for rural areas as a cost effective solution.