Emerging wireless technologies for developing countries

Gunasekaran, Vinoth; Harmantzis, Fotios C.

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2006.10.001

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“…In the context of the global information economy, the usage of wireless technologies has become a key indicator of the competitiveness of a city [5,[9][10][11]. A number of cities, such as Singapore and Taipei in Asia, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Boston in the United States, and Perth in Australia, have either expressed an intention to establish a wireless network or launched specific plans to develop wireless cities [5,12,13]. While most literature on wireless cities and the digital divide focuses on cities in Western countries, few have discussed how Chinese cities have adopted wireless technologies in infrastructure development, and even fewer have addressed the issue of digital divide in China's urban landscapes.…”

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The Making of a Sustainable Wireless City? Mapping Public Wi-Fi Access in Shanghai

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Abstract:In the context of the global information economy, ready access to the Internet is critical to a city's competitiveness, which has prompted a number of cities to launch plans to establish wireless networks. Most literature on the development of wireless cities focuses on cities in Western countries, and few have discussed how Chinese cities have adopted wireless technologies in their urban infrastructure development efforts. This paper examines recent development and spatial distribution of public Wi-Fi access in Shanghai, a leading business hub in China. We mapped Wi-Fi hotspots through the government sponsored "i-Shanghai" project and China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC). We find that while telecommunication providers have been proactively deploying WLAN (wireless local area network, a proxy of public Wi-Fi or wireless access) hotspots in Shanghai, neither government sponsored WLAN hotspots nor facilities established by CMCC could cover the old traditional neighborhoods in the central city and sub-districts in remote rural areas. We also address the development of a more sustainable wireless city in Shanghai with a particular focus on digital divide and social equity issues.

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“…Before an ET is produced by many manufacturers, its standards and specifications need to mature. Gunasekaran and Harmantzis (2007) also pointed out that the standardization and interoperability between different vendor products have lowered Wi-Fi prices and facilitated its rapid penetration from a niche market into the worldwide mass market. The maturity of a technology is important because in the early stages of an ET's lifecycle, the initial adoption rate is very low because it is not stable.…”

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“…Industry-governmental coordination and support is important to the introduction and adoption of ET to a new context. Gunasekaran and Harmantzis (2007) pointed out that the penetration of wireless emerging technologies, such as WiMAX, requires national policymaker initiatives to develop suitable strategies that promote them, thereby maximizing the social and economic benefits to the country and its citizens. In their study of six innovations across 31 developed and developing countries, Talukdar et al (2001) found that developing countries still demonstrated slower adoption rates than developed countries.…”

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Emerging Technology: What is it?

Halaweh

2013

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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The term emerging technology (ET) has been frequently used by IT professionals and academics. However, little research has shed light on this term and specified its characteristics and what it means. Therefore, this paper aims to define and conceptualize the characteristics of ET. These characteristics are uncertainty, network effect, unseen social and ethical concerns, cost, limitation to particular countries, and a lack of investigation and research. Several examples of ETs are given to validate these characteristics

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“…The frequency allocation for long haul 50 Km is not done and mobility is not allowed; so the true potential of the technology i.e. mesh networking and other features are not available to the market (Asif, 2007;Gunasekaran & Harmantzis, 2007).…”

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Utilization of Telecom Technologies for the Disaster Management in Underdeveloped Coastal Districts of Pakistan

Khawaja¹,

Lu²

2013

IJARBSS

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Information and communication technologies plays critical role in all phases of disaster management, and enabler of e-services delivery to the underdeveloped areas. Unfortunately this critical infrastructure is highly prone to disasters. This paper is based on coastal areas of Pakistan, which were badly affected during floods 2005 -2012. Universal Service Fund (USF) Pakistan has started many telecom projects for broadband infrastructure, telemedicine and distant learning to uplift the livelihood of underdeveloped areas. The telecom infrastructure collapsed during disasters and population sustained heavy damages due to unavailability of disaster information. Causes of breakdown of telecom infrastructure are investigated. Remedial options are found from literature review, public's reports & case studies. Then, these technological options are applied upon Pakistan regulatory & telecom infrastructure context and two separate plans for survival of narrowband and broadband communication are proposed. Another contingency plan for easy deployable temporary infrastructure is given for the case of total blackout of communication. An overview of existing information & communication systems weaknesses & gaps are given, its remedies are discussed for the effective mitigation of disasters. This study can be extended to other underdeveloped regions of the world to serve the calamity struck regions with fewer economic and human losses.

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Emerging wireless technologies for developing countries

Cited by 54 publications

References 10 publications

The Making of a Sustainable Wireless City? Mapping Public Wi-Fi Access in Shanghai

The Making of a Sustainable Wireless City? Mapping Public Wi-Fi Access in Shanghai

Emerging Technology: What is it?

Utilization of Telecom Technologies for the Disaster Management in Underdeveloped Coastal Districts of Pakistan

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