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• QUESTION 10-2/2 – Telecommunications for rural and remote areas
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • 1 General
  • 2 Defining rural and remote areas
  • 3 Providing connectivity
  • 4 Assessment of technologies for infrastructure development
    • 4.1 General
    • 4.2 Satellite Internet Access Technologies and Solution:
      • 4.2.1 Extending Local Wireless Connectivity via Satellite:
      • 4.2.2 Satellite Backhaul Solutions:
    • 4.3 WiMAX solution:
    • 4.4 Other options
  • 5 Migration of service platform from ISDN to IP based network
  • 6 Service applications for rural and remote
  • 7 Successful practices providing ICT services for the benefits of rural population
    • 7.1. Indonesian (Republic of) (CDMA450)
    • 7.2. Cambodia (Kingdom of) (WiMAX)
    • 7.3. Nepal (Republic of) (Wi-Fi)
    • 7.4. Peru (Republic of) (WLL+Cable)
    • 7.5. Spain (Kindom of) (Optic Fiber)
    • 7.6 Brazil (Federative Republic of) (Satellite + Access)
    • 7.7. Lithuania I (Republic of) (WiMAX+WiFi)
    • 7.8. Lithuania II (Republic of) (Cable)
    • 7.9. Fiji Islands (Republic of the) (Satellite connection for outer Islands)
    • 7.10. Latin America and Caribbean (Satellite)
    • 7.11. Africa (Satellite connectivity for schools)
    • 7.12. Bangladesh (People's Republic of) (Challenge of LDC for rural connectivity by Optic Fiber and Wireless technologies)
    • 7.13. Niger (Republic of) (IP Mobile System for Broadband Service in Rural and Remote Areas)
    • 7.14. Cuba (Republic of) (WiMAX)
    • 7.15. Canada (WiMAX)
    • 7.16. Pakistan (WiMAX: Wateen Telecom)
    • 7.17. China (Goverment Policy for rural communications development)
  • 8 Social impacts on the rural communities
  • 9 Successful Telecenter Model
  • 10 Conclusion
  • 11 Acronyms and abbreviations
  • 12 References