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Village Phone Replication Manual: Creating Sustainable Access to Affordable Telecommunications for the Rural Poor
Author(s): David Keogh (Author), Tim Wood (Author)
- Publisher: United Nations
- Publication Date: September 23, 2005
- Language: English
- Print length: 196 pages
- ISBN-10: 9211045460
- ISBN-13: 9789211045468
Book Description
Why is it such a challenge to provide telecommunications to rural areas? High initial infrastructure investment, relative low call volumes, high maintenance costs due to harsh environments, cash box collection needs, cash security costs (for coin operated phones), card availability (for prepaid airtime systems), technical illiteracy, remote locations, and high transportation costs are just some of the impediments to providing rural telecommunications access. Village Phone addresses these issues. It provides a profitable new market niche for telecommunications companies, new and profitable micro-enterprises for rural poor Village Phone Operators, and affordable and accessible access for communities.
