Microsoft Airband and AirJaldi are helping close the gender gap in India

Improved internet connectivity is helping hundreds of thousands of people in rural India.





What you need to know


Microsoft is helping connect rural India to the internet with its Airband Initiative.
AirJaldi worked with Microsoft to extend internet access to hundreds of thousands of people.
AirJaldi is the first internet service provider to run entirely on the cloud with Microsoft's Azure.


Microsoft continues its efforts to bring internet connectivity to unserved or underserved people around the world. Microsoft worked with AirJaldi to bring internet connectivity to rural India and highlights its efforts in a recent news post. AirJaldi now offers connectivity to more than 1,500 villages and 240,00 registered users from eight states across India. AirJaldi is also the first internet service provider (ISP) to run entirely on the cloud with Microsoft's Azure.

Co-founder of AirJaldi, Michael Ginguld emphasizes the importance of connectivity in the modern day:


Without connectivi...