There is considerable evidence to suggest that the economic and social benefit of mobile telephony will be highest in rural areas, which currently have less telephony services. Both poverty and lack of information are common bed partners. Thus, the dissemination of information together with serving rural areas has double anti-poverty imperative.
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Ratnesh Kumar keeps his prototype soil sensors buried in a box under his desk. He hopes that one day farmers will be burying the devices under their crops. Kumar is leading an Iowa State University research team that’s developing transceivers and sensors designed to collect and send data about soil moisture within a field....
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Strengthening collaboration and integration across Africa’s borders is a major stepping-stone toward the continent’s meaningful integration in the global economy and a critical building block for stronger growth and poverty alleviation. That is the overarching message of the Regional Integration Assistance Strategy (RIAS) for Sub-Saharan Africa, presented to the World Bank Board of Directors...
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Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) are Internet service providers with networks built around wireless networking. The technology used ranges from commonplace Wi-Fi mesh networking or proprietary equipment designed to operate over open 900MHz, 2.4GHz, 4.9, 5.2, 5.4, and 5.8GHz bands or licensed frequencies in the UHF or MMDS bands. Tags: airey, attila, barath, federal...
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