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Current issue: Rural Telephony

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Issue no. 45
September 2008

The mesh potato network

A South African project develops a cheap phone system for rural areas
The community call box

Satellite payphones develop the telecoms market in rural Zambia
VoIP in the wilderness

A wireless internet network brings VoIP services to rural Nigeria
Using BGAN to talk

Portable satellite connections give remote communities a chance to voice...

Perspectives

Making phones affordable

The only communication service that will really take off in rural areas of ACP countries is mobile telephony. Development organizations have put a lot of effort into buildi...

Q&A

Putting voice into the net

Do you need a computer to make VoIP (voice over internet protocol) phone calls?No, you don’t need a computer. An analogue phone connected to an ATA (analogue telephone a...

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Lessons out loud..

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Hitting the right tone..

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Linking civil society..

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Sharing information..

A growing range of web 2.0 applications is revolutionizing how information can be accessed and shared. The experience of Euforic shows how these tools can be app......

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