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Overview of Broadband Connectivity for Rural Areas-Tanzania as a Case Study

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dc.creator Simba, Fatuma
dc.creator Zaipuna, Yonah
dc.creator Trojer, Lena
dc.creator Byanyuma, Mastidia
dc.date 2019-06-29T09:02:59Z
dc.date 2019-06-29T09:02:59Z
dc.date 2017-04
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-03T13:14:27Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-03T13:14:27Z
dc.identifier 1947-5500
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5269
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5269
dc.description Broadband connectivity is a necessary service required not only in urban areas but more so in rural areas where most of the basic services are inadequate or do not exist at all. Broadband services can enable many services to be offered through information and communication technologies (ICTs) to the extent that rural people can get a chance to enjoy quality communication and other services as in urban areas and be part of the socio-economic development of a given community. Currently, there is a number of technologies and initiatives to connect rural and urban-underserved areas at a reasonable cost but most of the rural users are yet to be connected. This paper gives an overview and a discussion on technologies, broadband connectivity models, infrastructure and policy readiness, and initiatives towards achieving connectivity and bridging the digital divide. The context of this paper is rural areas in Tanzania.
dc.language en
dc.publisher International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS),Vol. 15, No. 4, April 2017
dc.subject Broadband connectivity, WiMAX, Optic Fibre Cable, rural and urban-underserved, broadband technologies, digital divide
dc.title Overview of Broadband Connectivity for Rural Areas-Tanzania as a Case Study
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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