• DocumentCode
    275162
  • Title

    Development of rural telecommunications and the CTD

  • Author

    Westendoerpf, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Inter. Telecommun. Union, Centre for Telecommun. Dev., Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    29-31 Oct 1990
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    23
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Rural Telecommunications, 1990. Second International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    114508
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=275162