Wireless Networks and Rural Development: Opportunities for Latin America
Recent developments in wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies are raising new hopes for sustainable Internet diffusion in the rural areas of the developing world. These technologies allow drastic reductions in network deployment costs, particularly for last-mile connectivity in low-density areas. More important, the technologies make possible an infrastructure development model based on community-shared resources, small-scale investments, and user experimentation. This paper argues that the new generation of WLAN technologies can significantly alleviate the constraints that limit Internet connectivity in Latin America to the wealthy, urbanized areas. Yet for this potential to be realized governments must rethink current assumptions about spectrum management and universal service policies. (c) 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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2005
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Authors: | Galperin, Hernan |
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Information Technologies and International Development. - MIT Press, ISSN 1544-7529. - Vol. 2.2005, 3, p. 47-56
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MIT Press |
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