The Wireless Internet Opportunity for Developing Countries
Boston: Wireless internet Institute (w2i);World Times (2003), xvi, 127 pp.
Contains many illustrations, directory pp. 111-116, bibliogr. pp. 117-118, glossary pp. 119-124, index
ISBN 0-9747607-0-6
Signature commbox: 70-Technology-E 2003
Introduction: The wireless Internet opportunity for developing countries / Mohsen Khalil, 1
Technology Primer: On spectrums and standards, architecture and access points / Kevin C. Kahn, 7
Regulatory Environment: A global standard meets local policies and politics / Axel Leblois, 17
Opportunities and Roadblocks: Toward a broadband village area network / Sandy Pentland, 25
For the poor, connectivity means economic opportunity / Iqbal Z. Quadir, 27
Wireless Internet ventures in developing countries / Theodore H. Schell, 31
CASE STUDIES COMPENDIUM
Left to their own devices: Twelve developing-world case studies / Noopur Jhunjhunwala and Peter Orne, 37
Rising to the challege: Linking Everest, Khumbu Region, Nepal, 43
Rainforest IP: Xixuaú-Xipariná Ecological Reserve, Jauaperí River, Brazil, 47
Wireless Internet Service Providers
Slow incubation success: Africa-Online, Blantyre, Malawi, 53
Making it at the margins: Baja Wireless, Ensenada, Mexico, 57
It takes a hemisphere: E-Link Americas, 59
WISP on the edge: UniNet Communications, Cape Town, South Africa, 63
Shared Access
Scaling Africa’s ivory towers: Partners in Education, Saint-Louis, Senegal; Njoro, Kenya, 69
Village replication: Sustainable Access in Rural India, Tamil Nadu State, India, 73
Adaptive Technologies
Off the map: DakNet, Karnataka State, India, 79
Beyond ‘off the shelf ’: Jhai Remote IT Village Project, Vientiane, Laos, 93
Rebuilding Nations
Wi-Fi Wild West: Internet Project Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo, 89
Picking up the PCs: UN Development Program, Kabul, Afghanistan, 93
Guidelines to Countries, 99
Vendor Resources: Understanding the wireless Internet value chain / Amir Alexander Hasson, 107
Technology Primer: On spectrums and standards, architecture and access points / Kevin C. Kahn, 7
Regulatory Environment: A global standard meets local policies and politics / Axel Leblois, 17
Opportunities and Roadblocks: Toward a broadband village area network / Sandy Pentland, 25
For the poor, connectivity means economic opportunity / Iqbal Z. Quadir, 27
Wireless Internet ventures in developing countries / Theodore H. Schell, 31
CASE STUDIES COMPENDIUM
Left to their own devices: Twelve developing-world case studies / Noopur Jhunjhunwala and Peter Orne, 37
Rising to the challege: Linking Everest, Khumbu Region, Nepal, 43
Rainforest IP: Xixuaú-Xipariná Ecological Reserve, Jauaperí River, Brazil, 47
Wireless Internet Service Providers
Slow incubation success: Africa-Online, Blantyre, Malawi, 53
Making it at the margins: Baja Wireless, Ensenada, Mexico, 57
It takes a hemisphere: E-Link Americas, 59
WISP on the edge: UniNet Communications, Cape Town, South Africa, 63
Shared Access
Scaling Africa’s ivory towers: Partners in Education, Saint-Louis, Senegal; Njoro, Kenya, 69
Village replication: Sustainable Access in Rural India, Tamil Nadu State, India, 73
Adaptive Technologies
Off the map: DakNet, Karnataka State, India, 79
Beyond ‘off the shelf ’: Jhai Remote IT Village Project, Vientiane, Laos, 93
Rebuilding Nations
Wi-Fi Wild West: Internet Project Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo, 89
Picking up the PCs: UN Development Program, Kabul, Afghanistan, 93
Guidelines to Countries, 99
Vendor Resources: Understanding the wireless Internet value chain / Amir Alexander Hasson, 107
