Facebook announces Telecom Infra Project
Q. Facebook has announced which project to develop new and alternative technologies for building telecom infrastructure?- Published on 25 Feb 16a. Free Basics
b. Telecom Infra Project
c. Internet Dot Org
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Telecom Infra Project
This project will look at creation of new and alternative technologies to build and deploy telecom infrastructure. Partners include HCL, Nokia and Intel. TIP will focus on open designs for three areas of telecommunications hardware and software: access points, the backhaul network to connect them, and network core and management systems. Facebook said TIP members will contribute designs in three areas- access, back haul, and core and management. TIP will apply the design principles of the Open Compute Project, which is a Facebook project to share data centre designs.