Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has undertaken several rural marketing initiatives to reach customers in rural areas of India. These include Operation Bharat to distribute personal care products, Project Streamline to extend distribution networks, and Project Shakti which employs women micro-entrepreneurs (Shakti Entrepreneurs) and provides a community portal (I-Shakti) with health, education, and agricultural information. Similarly, Nokia introduced SMS alerts from newspapers for rural customers and developed applications for non-urban areas providing entertainment, education, and agriculture information. The sturdy and low-cost Nokia 1100 targeted suburban and rural markets as well.