Economic analysis of a satellite-terrestrial telephony system for rural SADC

Author

Nageshar, N. ; Sewsunker, R. ; Mneney, S.H.

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

401

Abstract

The paper presents an economic analysis of a satellite-terrestrial telephony system serving the entire rural sector of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The economic analysis is conducted using a software tool that will enable a designer to specify requirements such as user population, coverage and estimated traffic per person. The program then outputs the cost of the system depending on the input parameters. The program gives an indication of costs related to the entire system and optimisation can be done iteratively using the cost parameter.

Keywords

economics; radiotelephony; satellite communication; software tools; telecommunication computing; Southern African Development Community; cost parameter; coverage; economic analysis; estimated traffic per person; input parameters; optimisation; rural SADC; rural sector; satellite-terrestrial telephony system; software tool; system cost; user population; Africa; Artificial satellites; Cost function; Environmental economics; Graphical user interfaces; Information analysis; Probes; Software tools; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7570-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1146870

Filename

1146870