Connecting remote communities: David Falkus surveys new attempts to bring telephones To rural areas in developing countries

摘要

Although it is estimated that by 2001 half the world's population will still have no access to a phone a variety of technologies are being used to try to solve the problem of providing universal access. In densely populated but poorly connected communities, such as African townships, solutions include GSM-based pay- Phones or phone shops, but in this article I will be concen- Trating on providing services to rural or remote regions.