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* One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) statement on "mission achieved": http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2014/03/20/one-laptop-per-child-ceo-we-have-achieved-our-goals | * One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) statement on "mission achieved": http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2014/03/20/one-laptop-per-child-ceo-we-have-achieved-our-goals | ||
* Negroponte with a new project to bring free satellite Internet access to 100 million people in Africa: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26357363 | * Negroponte with a new project to bring free satellite Internet access to 100 million people in Africa: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26357363 | ||
| − | * NORAD financed projects for health [http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognett-globvac/Nyheter/Results_from_the_2013_call_for_proposals_to_GLOBVAC/1253993931533/p1224697869306] | + | * NORAD financed projects for health [http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognett-globvac/Nyheter/Results_from_the_2013_call_for_proposals_to_GLOBVAC/1253993931533/p1224697869306], including: |
| + | ** Strengthening International Collaboration for Capitalizing on Cost-Effective and Life-Saving Commodities (i4C) by | ||
| + | Norwegian Institute of Public Health | ||
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| Project: Basic Internet |
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| Basic Internet, free access to text and pictures for everyone |
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| Project leader | Josef Noll |
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| Start Date | 2013/11/01 |
| End Date | 2015/12/31 |
| Supported by | own |
| Objective | To enable free access to Basic Internet for developing economies |
| Research Domain | Internet - IoPTS, 5G Networks |
| Keywords | Education, Health, Internet |
Factpage of Project Basic Internet
Equipment used in project: BasicInternet:Basic Internet/Equipment
BasicInternet and Internet.org
Internet.org is a global partnership between technology leaders, non-profits, local communities and experts who are working together to bring the Internet to the two thirds of the world’s population that don't have it. Sharing tools, resources and best practices, Internet.org partners will explore solutions in three major opportunity areas: affordability, efficiency and business models.
- Affordability
- No one should have to choose between access to the Internet and food or medicine.
Internet.org partners will join forces to develop technology that decreases the cost of delivering data to people worldwide, and helps expand Internet access in under-served communities.
- Efficiency
- Transmitting data—even a text message or a simple web page—requires bandwidth, something that’s scarce in many parts of the world.
Partners will invest in tools and software to improve data compression capabilities and make data networks and services run more efficiently.
- Business models
- Connecting billions of people will be a massive global effort that requires ongoing innovation.
Developers, mobile operators and device manufacturers will work together to introduce business models that give people more ways to go online.
"Envision the world where everyone can open his browser and get free access to Internet" The Basic Internet Foundation aims at providing infrastructure for affordable and efficient access to the Internet, supported by our user-driven business model.
- Affordability
- Our ultimate goal is that every person should have a free, though bandwidth limited, access to the Internet. Through user-involvement we have demonstrated that our access solution is much cheaper than conventional approaches. Together with our partners are actively seeking for solutions which will provide even cheaper Internet access
- Efficiency
- We believe that the basic need is to get access, and that users are willing to pay more for broadband services. Our focus is on the basic need of providing the access to information for education, health and innovation.
- Business models
- Our approach of user involvement results in the a network infrastructure where the user owns the network, and we provide the backbone access. Our resellers have demonstrate innovative solutions for providing access.
We believe that access to the Internet will contribute to
- Education
- Education means access to public knowledge through libraries such as Wikipedia, to background information, to basic and higher education. Nextelco has established partnership with the Center for Wireless Innovation Norway (CWIN.no) for higher education in wireless networks, and seeks cooperation with partners providing help in education on all levels.
CWI Norway has a close collaboration with Nordic Universities in Denmark (Aalborg University), Finland (Lappeenranta University) and Sweden (Karlstad University), and through the partners reaches a worldwide network of educational institutes.
- Health
- Health information is available in the Internet to at large account. By providing doctors and patients access to the Internet we will contribute to less mortality.
- Innovation
- Innovation is best fostered when people with different background discuss. Our approach of user involvement brings people together, and creates links between emerging economies and the Scandinavian countries.
Other links
- One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) statement on "mission achieved": http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2014/03/20/one-laptop-per-child-ceo-we-have-achieved-our-goals
- Negroponte with a new project to bring free satellite Internet access to 100 million people in Africa: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26357363
- NORAD financed projects for health [1], including:
- Strengthening International Collaboration for Capitalizing on Cost-Effective and Life-Saving Commodities (i4C) by
Norwegian Institute of Public Health