The applications of mobile telecommunications in new rural areas

Xia Chen; Ting-jie Lu

doi:10.1117/12.836889

10 July 2009 The applications of mobile telecommunications in new rural areas

Xia Chen, Ting-jie Lu

Proceedings Volume 7490, PIAGENG 2009: Intelligent Information, Control, and Communication Technology for Agricultural Engineering; 749013 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836889
Event: International Conference on Photonics and Image in Agriculture Engineering (PIAGENG 2009), 2009, Zhangjiajie, China

Abstract

With the current popularity of information and telecommunication technologies, more and more farmers recognize the important role of information. The urgent need for Chinese farmers is how to make use of information to get rich. Contrast in the newspapers, television, radio and other traditional media, mobile information services have unmatched advantages, such as wide spread in very low cost, spread source of widely dispersed, and diverse forms of communication, simple and easy to operate, with strong participatory and interactive, and so on. The paper proposes that Mobile operators can supply different information in accordance with personalized demands of farmers with various agencies, such as government departments, supply and marketing cooperatives, hospitals, banks, veterinary clinics, agricultural stations. They can unite to supply a number of convenience people, rich people, and love for the people's business through the message, voice, WAP and other forms to meet the needs of farmers. Besides, the paper points out that those farmers can order information on personalized service.

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Xia Chen and Ting-jie Lu "The applications of mobile telecommunications in new rural areas", Proc. SPIE 7490, PIAGENG 2009: Intelligent Information, Control, and Communication Technology for Agricultural Engineering, 749013 (10 July 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836889

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