Small rural operators techno-economic analysis to bring mobile services to isolated communities: The case of Peru Amazon rainforest

Prieto-Egido, Ignacio; Valladares, Joel Aragon; Muñoz, Olga; Bernuy, Cesar Cordova; Simó-Reigadas, Javier; Quispetupa, Darwin Auccapuri; Fernández, Andrés Martínez; Martínez-Fernández, Andrés

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102039

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“…Large scale initiatives appear to fare better in attracting funding from governments and it is often the small-scale initiatives still trying to show proof of concept which struggle with funds. Even though this appears to be the case, Ignacio et al (2020) propose models on which community level initiatives serving less than 1000 people can build. However, even though there is an argument to develop community networks at a low cost, Zhao et al (2017:361) argue that too much compromise on technology deployed might fail “to satisfy the transmission of high-definition multimedia applications and real-time applications.” As such, it is important to start emphasising on the quality of connection delivered more than simple connection.…”

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Community networks as models to address connectivity gaps in underserved communities

Gwaka

Haseki

Yoo

2022

Information Development

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The mounting evidence that current efforts to meet international goals for increasing Internet connectivity are likely to fall short has heightened interest in alternative connectivity models such as community networks. Already, there are many such initiatives globally taking differentiated approaches towards their setup and operation. This results in fragmented knowledge on the initiatives and systematic analysis of these models is limited. This study applies the People, Technology, Organization and Environment (TOE) framework to examine 21 community networks across countries in different continents to produce insights into their structure and components. The aim is to identify ways in which initiatives become sustainable. Data for the study were collected in two steps. First, qualitative data were gathered using in-depth interviews to produce a database of case studies. Second, the qualitative data were quantized, which enables the researchers to produce descriptive data. Overall, the study findings demonstrate the existence of several technology options, but the main technology used for community level connectivity is Wi-Fi. Initiatives also adopt different organizational approaches, but strategic partnerships are critical for the success of the initiatives. While strategic partners provide support for the initial set up lack of business models affect the sustainability of initiatives. Also, while environment-related issues (regulation, infrastructure) play a significant role, they are malleable as shown by changes in regulatory regimes. This study findings are useful to practitioners implementing community networks, researchers looking to gain more insights on these models and policy makers responsible for the telecommunication, and digital policies.

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Community networks as models to address connectivity gaps in underserved communities

Gwaka

Haseki

Yoo

2022

Information Development

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“…For example, [27] uses low-consumption and long-range networks called long-range (LoRa) communications to remotely monitor the health conditions and living standards of elder people, spread over large rural areas with limited to no mobile network coverage. Another example can be found in [28], where communities live in the Peru Amazon rainforest without access to communication services. In this work, a model that is based on the notion of small rural operator (SRO) is presented.…”

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Mobile Networks and Internet of Things Infrastructures to Characterize Smart Human Mobility

2021

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The evolution of Mobile Networks and Internet of Things (IoT) architectures allows one to rethink the way smart cities infrastructures are designed and managed, and solve a number of problems in terms of human mobility. The territories that adopt the sensoring era can take advantage of this disruptive technology to improve the quality of mobility of their citizens and the rationalization of their resources. However, with this rapid development of smart terminals and infrastructures, as well as the proliferation of diversified applications, even current networks may not be able to completely meet quickly rising human mobility demands. Thus, they are facing many challenges and to cope with these challenges, different standards and projects have been proposed so far. Accordingly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been utilized as a new paradigm for the design and optimization of mobile networks with a high level of intelligence. The objective of this work is to identify and discuss the challenges of mobile networks, alongside IoT and AI, to characterize smart human mobility and to discuss some workable solutions to these challenges. Finally, based on this discussion, we propose paths for future smart human mobility researches.

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“…Cabe notar que el abordaje tecnológico para la entrega del servicio en sus distintos estadios (conexión internacional, redes de transporte y redes de acceso) es variado y, generalmente, producto de una combinación de tecnologías (ver figura 8). Particularmente, existen algunas tecnologías de acceso, como el wifi y LTE (UIT, 2020b; Espinoza & Reed, 2018;Prieto Egido et al, 2020), identificadas como idóneas para estos espacios rurales (Nandi et al, 2016).…”

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Rediseño institucional para el cierre de brecha residual de telecomunicaciones en Perú: Una tercera vía de intervención para la emergencia de redes comunitarias sostenibles

García¹,

Romero²

2021

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El problema de falta de conectividad en gran parte del mundo ha sido más expuesto a raíz de la pandemia de la COVID-19; particularmente, en América Latina y el Caribe, así como en el Perú, se ha atestiguado cómo la falta de acceso a Internet limita las condiciones de desarrollo y agranda las brechas sociales y económicas entre los conectados en las áreas urbanas y los no conectados en las rurales. La multidimensionalidad de este problema se encuentra la concurrencia de causas estructurales y profundas que, en el tiempo, han sido ya ampliamente diagnosticadas. En tal sentido, este trabajo, enfocado en Perú, pero potencialmente aplicable a América Latina y el Caribe, propone como nuevo aporte la definición de la brecha residual de telecomunicaciones rurales («brecha residual»), entendida como el conjunto de localidades no priorizadas ni priorizables por el sector privado ni por las intervenciones públicas tradicionales en el corto ni el mediano plazo. Asimismo, se analiza la efectividad del diseño institucional actual con el que se atiende, desde el Estado, a la brecha de conectividad y se propone, para el conjunto de «brecha residual», incorporar una tercera vía: un modelo de gobernanza bottom-up para la emergencia de redes comunitarias sostenibles. Por sus características, esta tercera vía demanda la reconfiguración multiestamental de roles y habilita la inclusión de enfoques de territorialidad e interculturalidad en diversos espacios geográficos. Finalmente, si bien las localidades que integran la brecha residual se caracterizan por una serie de condiciones desfavorables para la provisión tradicional de servicios de telecomunicaciones u otros, para el caso rural peruano, un gran conjunto de la brecha residual cuenta con un vasto tejido social comunitario, ajeno a las telecomunicaciones (v.g. comunidades campesinas, pueblos indígenas, asociaciones de agua y riego, etc.). Esta condición previa se presenta como una gran ventaja para la aplicación exitosa del modelo de redes comunitarias propuesto en el rediseño institucional, su caracterización e identificación de oportunidades es el tercer aporte de este trabajo.

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Small rural operators techno-economic analysis to bring mobile services to isolated communities: The case of Peru Amazon rainforest

Cited by 17 publications

References 9 publications

Community networks as models to address connectivity gaps in underserved communities

Community networks as models to address connectivity gaps in underserved communities

Mobile Networks and Internet of Things Infrastructures to Characterize Smart Human Mobility

Rediseño institucional para el cierre de brecha residual de telecomunicaciones en Perú: Una tercera vía de intervención para la emergencia de redes comunitarias sostenibles

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