Title :
On building sustainable broadband networks in rural areas
Author :
Nungu, Amos ; Knutsson, Bjorn ; Pehrson, Bjorn
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Syst. Lab., KTH R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
We present research on how to build sustainable broadband networks in rural areas of developing regions. Due to an increasing political awareness of the importance of ICT for development, many such regions are now being networked. The specific design considerations are due to the technical and non- technical challenges found in those areas. Our research includes a pilot implementation in rural Tanzania.
Keywords :
broadband networks; information technology; sustainable development; ICT; political awareness; sustainable broadband network; Broadband communication; Buildings; Communities; Education; Internet; Local government; Medical services; broadband community networks; developing regions; infrastructure sharing; remote areas; sustainability;
Conference_Titel :
Telecom World (ITU WT), 2011 Technical Symposium at ITU
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1148-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-92-61-13681-9
