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Solutions involving community

Last Mile Access

Naveed HaqRegional Development Manager, Asia-Pacific

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49% of the world is still not connected

The lack of affordable access to the Internet and the disparity in levels of access across the world remains a key challenge.

This creates competitive, social, and economic disadvantages.

A vehicle crossing the landscape near Koklata in Tusheti, a beautiful but very remote region of the Greater Caucasus Mountains in the Republic of Georgia. ©Nyani Quarmyne 2

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There is need to embrace complimentary last mile network infrastructures that involve small businesses and communities to support

#inclusiveaffordableconnectivity

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The infrastructure

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• Last mile access networks that are often small, usually serving under 2,000 people

• Using wireless and optical fibre technologies

• A distributed architecture

Network diagram of the Nepal Wireless Networking project

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Existing solutions / projects

a. Guifi.net (Spain) https://guifi.net/enb. Pamoja Net (Congo) https://firstlight.fjordnet.com/pamoja-net-a-community-

commons/c. Wireless for Communities (W4C) (India, Pakistan) www.w4c.in, www.w4c.pkd. Nepal Wireless Networking Project http://www.nepalwireless.nete. Gram Marg (India) http://grammarg.inf. Zittnet (Nigeria) https://www.fantsuam.org/projectsg. Instituto Nupef (Brazil) https://nupef.org.br

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