IEEE Reg8-BasicInternet Intro Jul2020

BasicInternet:IEEE Reg8-BasicInternet Intro Jul2020

Title	BasicInternet:IEEE_Reg8-BasicInternet_Intro_Jul2020
Place	Zoom.us
Date, Time	2020/07/21, 1100-1230
Contact Person	Josef.Noll
Participants	Josef.Noll, Albert Lysko
related to Project	BasicInternet
Keywords

Way ahead

Goal of the meeting was to elaborate on how IEEE Region 8 could support Digital Inclusion through e.g. the free access to information , aka Internet Lite. As IEEE is more on promoting standards, we are looking for standards supporting Internet Lite.

Thus, discussions focussed on

state of innovation at Telecom operators
National Wifi as means for digital inclusion
Policies and regulations for digital inclusion
Global platform economy and the impact on the national economy, e.g. from 59 million people in ZA only about 5 million people pay tax
The National Knowledge Portal as contributor to digital inclusion

Topics being discussed

State of innovation at Telecom operators. We had a common opinion, that the current business model of operators does not favour connecting the unconnected, and that we need policies and regulations for digital inclusion. We were more specific about

Lessons learned from Femto-cells: As long as every operator has it's own femto cells, the business models of micro operators or people providing connectivity will not work. We need regulations, e.g. 20 MHz as a common frequency for all femto/small cells.

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Internet Lite

http://BasicInternet.org/amp/  National_Knowledge_Portal  BasicInternet:Solutions  National_Knowledge_Portal  BasicInternet:Solutions  http://ongoing.basicinternet.no Media:202006IntegratedApproach_Noll_Sess7_WSummit.pdf  its-wiki.no:Introduction_Unafundo(South_Africa)-_Basic_Internet_Foundation 