A presentation at the University of the Western Cape on why affordability in telecommunications is so important and about a project called the Village Telco which is aimed at driving down the cost of access.
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Telecommunications Innovation and The Village Telco
1. Telecommunications
Innovation, and
The Village Telco
UWC
1 March 2010
Steve Song
Telecommunications Fellow
Shuttleworth Foundation
email: steve.song@shuttleworthfoundation.org
blog: http://manypossibilities.net
skype: steve_l_song
twitter: stevesong
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12. The average
Kenyan spends
more than 50% of
their disposable
income on mobile
services.
14. “Economic growth occurs
whenever people take
resources and rearrange
them in ways that are more
valuable. A useful
metaphor for production in
an economy comes from
the kitchen. To create
valuable final products, we
mix inexpensive
ingredients together
according to a recipe.”
- Paul Romer
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/EconomicGrowth.html
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16. What would happen
if everyone had the
freedom to tinker
and adapt their
telephone networks?
37. OpenWRT – A linux distribution for embedded devices
Asterisk – a telephony development toolkit
Afrimesh – mesh management and
mapping tool
A2Billing – an Open Source billing system
for Asterisk
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