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BDT Programme 1 Rural Broadband for Developing Countries: Options and Challenges This contribution provides an overview of a BDT report prepared on rural broadband with a focus on experience of India but equally relevant for developing countries in general. This report focuses on two forces opposing and neutralizing each other to bring broadband connectivity to a situation of stalemate. One is the technological option of developing suitable infrastructure that incorporates both the advantage of advanced technology and at the same time keeps the cost to the level of affordability of the target population in the remote and rural areas. The other is the realization that the cost of connectivity alone cannot ensure acceptance of broadband connectivity by the rural population. For the service provider as a business model it is finally the balance between the revenue and cost. The development perspective, however, has to go beyond the balance sheet and connectivity has to be connected with the development goals with tangible benefits. Report Argentina Satellite Internet connectivity plan for rural schools in Argentina This document informs participants of the plan to bring Internet connectivity to rural and border area schools in Argentina using satellite antennas. National plan (satellite) Madagascar Rural and remote areas Realization of the Millennium Development aimed at improving connectivity and access to ICTs for everyone by 2015 requires the development of infrastructure in the rural and remote areas of developing countries, where over half of the world’s population lives. This contribution (revision of contribution No. presents some ideas concerning ICTs, economic and technological solutions for rural communities, the regulatory environment required and, globally, the manner in which ICTs can help to improve quality of life in rural and remote areas. Case study Madagascar Widening access to mobile telephone services in Madagascar through the Phone system Widening access to mobile telephone services in Madagascar through the Cloud Phone system. Case study (universal access) OJSC (Russian Federation) Inexpensive, sustainable and infrastructure for rural and remote areas based on the "mobile cellular network with This document explains the result of examination of "Mobile cellular network with capacity transfer." The use of the proposed technology reduces the capital and operating cost by two or three times and reduces electricity consumption by 2.5 to four times. In addition, the examination has highlighted that the capacity transfer repeaters are the key element of the network infrastructure in the mobile cellular network. New technology (broadband wireless)
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