Inclusive Ubiquitous Access - A Status Report

The development towards ubiquitous network access requires innovative solutions to get remote areas included, especially rural areas of developing regions. We report on recent progress in the Serengeti Broadband Network, one of the first pilots established in the Tanzania ICT for Rural Development p...

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Published in6th International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM 2014 pp. 13 - 22
Main Authors Nungu, Amos, Olsson, Robert, Pehrson, Björn, Kang, Jiawei, Kifetew, Daniel, Rustamov, Alisher
Format Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2015
SeriesLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Subjects
Broadband market
Charge Controller
Developing countries
Developing regions
Innovative solutions
Power Controller
Regional planning
Rural areas
Rural development
Solar Panel
Supply chains
Sustainable business
Sustainable Business Model
Ubiquitous access
Ubiquitous networks
Under-served areas
Wireless Sensor Network
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Summary:The development towards ubiquitous network access requires innovative solutions to get remote areas included, especially rural areas of developing regions. We report on recent progress in the Serengeti Broadband Network, one of the first pilots established in the Tanzania ICT for Rural Development programme with the mission to design and validate a method to establish sustainable broadband markets in under-served areas. The challenges include ownership and leadership, sustainable business models, robustness of network components and poor or non-existent supply chains, including power supply.
ISBN:3319168851
9783319168852
ISSN:1867-8211
1867-822X
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-16886-9_2