No news about disassociation from Aakash tablet: Datawind

Submitted by admin4 on 21 February 2012 - 10:19pm

By IANS,

New Delhi : A day after reports that Datawind, manufacturers of India's cheapest Aakash tablet, were to be disassociated from the tablet, the manufacturer Tuesday said that they had no "official or unofficial" information about it.

"Datawind would like to state that we've not been informed officially or unofficially by the ministry of HRD (human resource development) of anything restricting us to participate in the next tender," a statement from the company said.

A news report Monday quoted Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal saying Datawind will not be associated with it anymore and the government has roped in C-DAC and ITI for further development of the tablet computer.

In its statement, Datawind said that the statement quoting Sibal "appears to be false and is a deliberate attempt by some negative elements to stall the ambitious project of Mr. Kapil Sibal to eradicate digital divide in education in India.

"We believe the articles have misquoted the minister," it said.

"Datawind shares the vision of the minister, and is committed to providing indigenously manufactured computing & internet devices at the lowest prices in the world, to both the Government and the Commercial markets".

Based in Canada's Montreal, Datawind is a developer of wireless web access products and services.

The Aakash tablet is priced at approximately $49 (Rs.2,414).

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DATAWIND TO REMAIN ASSOCIATED WITH AAKASH PROJECT

Submitted by Ajay (not verified) on 22 February 2012 - 5:08pm.

the ministry officials have denied reports of disassociation with datawind.
See http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/hardware/Aakash-maker-to-II...

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