DocumentCode
1366249
Title
Africa Shifts Focus from Infrastructure to Interconnection
Author
Rose, Karen
Author_Institution
Internet Society
Volume
14
Issue
6
fYear
2010
Firstpage
56
Lastpage
58
Abstract
Implementing the Internet across multiple countries in Africa is a complex process that requires participation, training, and collaboration at the local, national, and international level from governments, individual users, and IT providers. The authors report on some of the work happening that´s allowing people to interconnect on many levels.
Keywords
Internet; globalisation; government; IT providers; Internet; governments; individual users; interconnect; international level; Africa; Communities; Google; Government; Integrated circuit interconnections; Internet; Optical fiber cables; IXP; Internet; Internet exchange point; infrastructure; interconnection;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIC.2010.132
Filename
5617058
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