Week II, second question, final question starting 26 November 2008
Local Self Administered Mobile Networks
01/12/2008
Mobile Phones are widely used in rural and urban Uganda and people are conversant with the operation of mobile phone handsets. My idea is: when it would be possible to install a local managed telephone system for farm operation. Large and medium scale farmers buy the system, manage it and therfore can communicate “free" of charge with their mini mobile telephone network where the transmission mast is at the farm and have a operation radius of 10KM. Compare to the VHF radio, mobile phone communication are more common among farm workers and therefore easier to use in on farm internal communication. I am seeking for providers such a communication system. Anke Weisheit, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
Submitted by Christian Kreutz on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 22:57
Hi Anke, have you heard of this initiative? [quote]A new way of making calls directly between phones, for free, is being trialled by a Swedish company. It is hoping to dramatically improve communications in the developing world. Swedish company TerraNet has developed the idea using peer-to-peer technology that enables users to speak on its handsets without the need for a mobile phone base station. The technology is designed for remote areas of the countryside or desert where base stations are unfeasible. Projects backed by TerraNet recently launched in Tanzania and Ecuador. [/quote] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6987784.stm http://www.terranet.se/
Submitted by Helene on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 06:06
Hi, I hadn't heard of the TerraNet initiative -- very cool. You may also be interested in [url=http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11751167]Da…] in South Africa. Héléne Martin [url=www.applab.org]www.applab.org[/url]