A faster and enhanced version of low-cost tablet PC, Aakash, would be launched next month, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in New Delhi on Tuesday. Mr. Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of World IT forum 2012 that the tablet will be produced domestically, and the government is talking to various manufacturers from across the world in this regard.

The new tablet would have a better 3200m AH battery with a three-hour backup, a 700 MHz Cortex A8 processor and a capacitive touch screen.