Wireless applications in Africa

Dyson, LE

Wireless applications in Africa

Dyson, LE

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Citation:: Information Technology and Indigenous People, 2006, pp. 286 - 294
Issue Date:: 2006-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dyson, LE	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Information Technology and Indigenous People, 2006, pp. 286 - 294	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781599042985	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7896
dc.description.abstract	This chapter examines wireless technologies in Africa, with special reference to indigenous minority populations. In a continent with limited infrastructure, itinerant populations, low literacy levels and little money to spend on technology, wireless is proving an effective solution. Four implementations are examined to demonstrate how new approaches to mobile design are producing culturally and environmentally appropriate technology: the Himba's satellite-based mobile telephone network, Cyber Sherpherd, Cybertracker and WorldSpace satellite Internet radios. © 2007, Idea Group Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Information Technology and Indigenous People	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4018/978-1-59904-298-5.ch037	en_US
dc.title	Wireless applications in Africa	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.for	0803 Computer Software	en_US
utslib.for	169902 Studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Society	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

This chapter examines wireless technologies in Africa, with special reference to indigenous minority populations. In a continent with limited infrastructure, itinerant populations, low literacy levels and little money to spend on technology, wireless is proving an effective solution. Four implementations are examined to demonstrate how new approaches to mobile design are producing culturally and environmentally appropriate technology: the Himba's satellite-based mobile telephone network, Cyber Sherpherd, Cybertracker and WorldSpace satellite Internet radios. © 2007, Idea Group Inc.

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