Title :
Development of rural telecommunications and the CTD
Author :
Westendoerpf, D.
Author_Institution :
Inter. Telecommun. Union, Centre for Telecommun. Dev., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Discusses a number of projects undertaken by the Centre for Telecommunications (CTD). In 1988 the CTD examined the viability of card operated payphones for villages and isolated areas in developing countries. The CTD has completed a number of rural telecommunication projects in Tanzania, Gambia, Egypt and Nepal. Several ITU studies have shown that rural telecommunications can facilitate may development activities including agriculture, industry, education and health care
Keywords :
telecommunication services; telephone station equipment; CTD; Centre for Telecommunications; Egypt; Gambia; ITU; Nepal; Tanzania; agriculture; card operated payphones; developing countries; education; health care; industry; rural telecommunications; villages;
Conference_Titel :
Rural Telecommunications, 1990. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
