New Delhi, June 24 -- Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday urged Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), device and chip makers to produce telecom devices at nominal rates so that citizens can be connected with technologies.

Speaking at the World Wi-Fi Day Conference in the national capital, Union Minister said, "I must appeal to my industry, my chip makers, my OEMs, my device makers; we must ensure that we are able to produce devices at nominal cost to allow our citizens to connect to this technology. We cannot allow devices to become the new digital divide in our country."

The Union Minister comprehensively spoke on the digital divide, adding that this divide between Bharat and India has to be obliterated...