Head to Head Battle of TV White Space and WiFi for Connecting Developing Regions

Johnson, David L.; Zlobinsky, Natasha; Lysko, Albert A.; Lamola, Magdeline; Hadzic, Senka; Maliwatu, Richard; Densmore, Melissa

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66742-3_18

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“…These derive from various technological directions but all have an aim of addressing digital inclusion. Examples include the following: Local‐scale cellular networks, typically serving a few hundred or thousand users and using mesh or WiFi‐based long distance networks (Johnson et al, ; Rey‐Moreno, Miliza, Mweetwa, van Stam, & Johnson, ). Local‐scale wireless networking using the television white space spectrum: those frequencies within the TV broadcast range that are unused in a particular region (Chavez, Littman‐Quinn, Ndlovu, & Kovarik, ). Wider‐scale networking via use of small or micro satellites, particularly of value in providing telecommunications coverage in the most‐remote areas (Madry, Martinez, & Laufer, ). As with TV white space, use of micro‐satellites for low‐income user access is still at an initial stage. All of these are pushing the digital towards geographic universality.…”

Section: Digital Foundations For Developmentmentioning

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ICT4D 3.0? Part 1—The components of an emerging “digital‐for‐development” paradigm

Heeks

2020

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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What has changed in the decade or so since the ideas of a new "ICT4D 2.0" phase were first mooted? This paper reviews those changes, based on a new framework model. At a foundational level, it looks at recent and current trends in digital technologies, data, processes and the implications these have for the user demographics and network structures that underpin the role of digital ICTs in international development. It then summarises some of the new building blocks of development: digital roles, digital products and digital business models. We could call what is emerging "ICT4D 3.0." However, this paper argues that the changes are such that we could talk of a paradigmatic shift and suggests that the elements could be collated as a new "digital-for-development" paradigm. Part 2 of this paper explores the patterns of change in the economy and in politics that may be associated with this paradigm. K E Y W O R D Sdigital-for-development, ICT4D, paradigm, trends

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