midterm presentation rural ict development in tanzania
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Midterm presentation
Rural ICT development in Tanzania
Contents
oOverall objective of the ICTanzania project
oIntroducing Tanzania
oDeliverables and progress:oLong term programme
oVoIP demo
oQuestions and answers
ICTanzania Project
oOverall Objective To address issues of ICT
accessibility/penetration and affordability to rural areas and formulate phase based strategies for Public sector to create friendly environment by
formulating policy to promote ICT and build National ICT infrastructure backbone.
Private sector to exploit the infrastructure to offer broad spectrum of ICT services to rural areas
oProject OrganizationoTeamoSteering Committee
Introduction
oTanzaniaoLocated in East Africa
oUnification of Zanzibar Island and Tanganyika mainland
oPopulation of 35 Millions
o80 % lives in rural areas
o50% lives below poverty line
Introduction continued
oTanzania ICT initiatives oFormulation of ICT Policy 2003
oIntroduce free market practice in ICT field
oIntegrate ICT as an instrument in National Poverty Reduction Policy
oNumber of projects going on in Health sectorEducational sectorGovernance etc
oExisting Networks and ICT operatorsoTTCL has about 30 POPs in 15 regions
o4 GSM operators
o23 Internet service providers
oAll these operators cover mainly urban areas
oThe rural areas lack: communications infrastructure sustainable business models for provision of
access networks
Introduction continued
First Deliverable:Long Term Programme
oA document that contains approaches and strategies to enable ICT accessibility to majority of rural Tanzania byoIdentifying current and future ICT users and their needs
oInvestigating existing and emerging technical solutions
oFinding suitable business models for provision of rural ICT
oDescribing the role of the private and public sectors, as well as donors and other potential financiers
oDefining projects that could help enable rural ICT
Long Term Programme
Second Deliverable: VoIP Demo
oVoice service is:o Mandatory part of social networkso Underserved in rural areas
oVoIP is matured enough
oAdditional reason for IP broadband!
oNew service model for SMBs
oVoice monopoly ended 25 days ago!
Technical solutionJUASUN
DIT
COSTECH
PSTN
GSM2
GSM1
WAN
PSTN
SIP Server
PSTN Gateway
Phone in Kilosa
Phone in Kasulu
Phone in Ifakara Phone in
Zanzibar
PC+WebCam
PRI Line
ATA
ATA
ATA
ATA
GSM Gateway
SIP Server
Asterisk/SIP Server
Technical solution cont….
oThree SIP switched networksoCOSTECH
oDIT
oJUASUN
oCommercial gateway
oAsterisk gateway
oGSM<->VoIP gateway
oTerminals targeting different user groups
Tanzania VoIP coverage
Musoma
Babati
Kiteto
Simanjiro
SengeremaSingida
Ngara
Kasulu
Kilosa
Dar es Salaam
Zanzibar
Pemba
Lindi
Ifakara
Workshops
oWorkshop for tech-usersoMiddle of April
oVoIP technology
oEnd-Phone usage
oWorkshop for executives and policy makersoMay the 6th
oVoIP impact/benefit for ICT
oPolicy and regulation issues
Project statusoRequirement study – Done!
oTechnology study – Done!
oSolution design – Done!
oProcurement – In Progress, orders placed!
oSystem setup – middle of April
oEnd-Terminal setup – second part of April
oShowtime! – May the 6th
Questions and Answers
The End
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