
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has received a boost with the Anil Ambani-owned R-ADAG (Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group) joining hands with Nicholas Negroponte, former director of the MIT Media Lab, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), to provide the initiative with internet connectivity.
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