Why is it such a challenge to provide telecommunications to rural areas? High initial infrastructure investment, relative low call volumes, high maintenance costs due to harsh environments, cash box collection needs, cash security costs (for coin operated phones), card availability (for prepaid airtime systems), technical illiteracy, remote locations, and high transportation costs are just some of the impediments to providing rural telecommunications access. Village Phone addresses these issues. It provides a profitable new market niche for telecommunications companies, new and profitable micro-enterprises for rural poor Village Phone Operators, and affordable and accessible access for communities.
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This manual is far more comprehensive and inspiring than I imagined it would be. The Authors, David Keogh and Tim Wood provide a great step-by-step guide intended to help catalyze a worldwide Village Phone movement!
Building on over a decade of success with GrameenPhone in Bangladesh, Keogh & Wood document and demonstrate how the Village Phone framework can be used to replicate successful Village Phone programs in other developing countries, starting with Uganda. Whether you're a Telecommunications Company, a telecommunications service organization, a microfinance institution, a Non-Government Organization, or an individual entrepreneur, this field tested guide is for you.
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Grameen Foundation, Grameen Bank, Grameen Telecom, Telecom Operator, Oregonian Telecom, Corporate Social Responsibility, Memorandum of Understanding, Canadian International Development Agency, Impact Category Examples, Universal Access Fund New!
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This document is a guideline for replicating the Village Phone program in a new country. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grameen Foundation, Grameen Bank, Grameen Telecom, Telecom Operator, Oregonian Telecom, Corporate Social Responsibility, Memorandum of Understanding, Canadian International Development Agency, Impact Category Examples, Universal Access Fund New!
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