Intel would bring its 'Discover the PC Initiative' to India, working with HCL, Millennium, PCS, Wipro and Zenith Computers to make available the high quality desk-top PCs with easy-to-use interface, Paul S Otellini, president and CEO, Intel Corporation said.
The PCs would be available in 60 days and would be priced 20 per cent less than the present lowest priced feature-rich Intel-based PCs in India, he said.
Otellini, on his first visit to India as president and CEO, also announced that Intel would collaborate with ICICI Bank to facilitate loans for buying PCs.
Intel, he said, would also work closely with Tata VSNL to bring PC solutions and WiMax wireless broadband connectivity to RailTel cyber cafes across India, which would help thousands of people passing through railway stations each day.
Also, small, affordable and rugged learning devices for students based on Intel's platform - code-named Eduwise - would be available in India next year.
The Intel-powered PC is specifically designed to provide collaborative learning environments for teachers and students in developing nations.
The steps were part of Intel's $1 billion 'World Ahead Program'. It aims at "spreading our progress in making technology available to the next billion people, and a big part of this effort is focussed within India, for India," Otellini said.
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