BasicInternet:India collaboration Education Trial

= Participants = Manoj Arora, Air Jaldi, Finance and Legal; Michael Ginguld, Air Jaldi, Rural development; Jim Forster, Air Jaldi (since 2007), chairman and investor, SW engineering; Sudhir Dixit; Josef Noll

(Company: domaso established ….)

InfoInternet base standard: text, pictures InfoInternet “gold standard”: max 3 min video, 640x480

What can we do while waiting? - collaboration for Africa - Jim’s approach: certain amount at low speed, after limit is reached “reduce speed drastically”.

— = AirJaldi =
 * collaboration with Facebook, about half of base stations from Facebook
 * no speed below 2 Mbit/s (annoys the customers)
 * put existing peaces together, “make it happen”.

3 types of clients
 * fixed wireless home (1000 rupees, 60 GB at 20 Mbps, after 60 GB at 2 Mbps)
 * fixed wireless business
 * hot spots (pre-paid model),

what’s in for Air Jaldi:
 * increased subscription from users
 * from Facebook: 40% of users convert to full payment within a month, within 3 months Free Basics is break even for a mobile operator (Facebook statements, confirmed by Telenor Pakistan)

India: OTP, or App-authentication, (Pictogram), - clear regulations (100.000 users)

= Ideas =
 * give 30 MB at 2 Mbps
 * Harisal (all connectivity is free for everyone)
 * 70 villages in a surrounding villages (with paid access)

Way ahead

 * 1) Harisal versus villages in surrounding (study) - affordable access
 * comparative study with villages around Harisal (uptake)
 * 2) position paper, focus on Global Education,  for TRAI, supported from BasicInternet, USAid,++, Norwegian Government
 * 3) principal agreement on “trial” (with Air Jaldi), allowance from TRAI
 * 4) Further discussions with TRAI
 * 5) while waiting, specific (small amount at low speed - slows even more down)

Offering “partial content” - “selective delivery content”
 * not blocking
 * not preferring any standard
 * content type filtering (present an impartial view)

Next steps:
 * Harisal versus villages in surrounding (study) - affordable access
 * villages around Harisal (uptake)
 * “Simplification” and “Literacy” with TRAI — Michael excited “Global Education”  (FHI360), worked with Google and others
 * auto authentication through an app
 * Education and Health Content
 * Air Jaldi: Brand, Visibility - Development Goals

Jim:
 * fokus on results
 * 28Aug…