[UgaBYTES] Rural communication: Is there still a needfor telecentres now that there are mobile phones?

[Polly Gaster]

I agree with Ahmed (I often do!) - it's true that the mobile will become a
walking personal computer in many ways, but for some time to come that will be
mostly for the urban areas (not enough bandwidth in rural areas), and in those
areas the fullest use will be made by professionals and those who can afford
it. That's why we have to find the synergies between those capacities and the
rural telecentres - we shd be aiming at win-win in business-speak, not
competition as such. Polly

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Polly Gaster
TICs para Desenvolvimento/ICT4D
Centro de Informatica da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (CIUEM)
Campus Universitario, Maputo, Mozambique
e-mail: polly.gaster at uem.mz
cel: +258-82-3264540
tel/fax: +258-21-485779
Skype: polly_gaster


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