can yield several significant benefits emergency care can be availed in quick time icus can monitor critically ill patients round the clock chronic care management become easier and longterm specialized care can be provided at much lower costs we could even have wifiequipped medical kiosks that facilitate doctor consultations medicine delivery diagnostics and veterinary caretelehealth cannot entirely replace physical medical interventions but it can certainly help in addressing issues such as fragmented care long wait times limited resources and access to medical specialistsensuring that education is continuing and contemporaryalthough the pandemic set the stage for digital learning across the country internet connectivity continues to be a problem in rural areas hindering classroom learning wifi is a viable solution to meet the connectivity needs of both students and teachers in such regions it can be one of the building blocks for economical and reliable tech infrastructure in rural areas enabling the delivery of quality education services even in the absence of traditional methods of teaching the fact that wifi enables multiple connections from the same location is very useful in a widescale activity such as educationin the coming years we could well see the introduction of some new models of teaching and learning these include satellite teaching centres which use video conferencing webinars and other digital aids special coaching centres which have technologyaided learning modules and can be used for digital skillbuilding and smart classrooms where wifi allows the inclusion of visual aids immersive content digital blackboards ebooks and collaborative workbooks into the curriculum once established they can ensure continuity of education across government and private schoolslooking ahead to a future powered by wifi 7 and 5gwhile the existing wifi infrastructure in the country has been instrumental in bringing about some significant developmental changes already wifi 7 the latest version of the technology will expand the reach of wireless connectivity to every corner of the country touted as a generational leap for wireless data networks wifi 7 is a huge improvement over wifi 6 and 6e with a multifold increase in speed lower latency and the capacity to support an even larger number of wireless devices in the years ahead wifi 7 in conjunction with 5g will support an extremely wide range of use cases and drive innovation and growth across all industries sectors and spheres of human activity more importantly they will help us wirelessly connect those who are yet unconnected 5g based fixed wireless access fwa gateways and fwa mesh networks can become enablers for this where fiber or copper cannot reach