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IEEE-BasicInternet Information Exchange
| Title | IEEE-BasicInternet Information Exchange |
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| Place | Zoom.us |
| Date, Time | 2021/03/30, 1600-1700 |
| Contact Person | Josef.Noll |
| Participants | Kristin Little, Sudhir Dixit, Josef Noll |
| related to Project | BasicInternet |
| Keywords | CTU |
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Purpose and agreements
Purpose of the meeting was to exchange contributions on connecting the unconnected, and to create the base for digital inclusion.
We agreed, we need affordable access to information for every single human being – fostering resilient communities and being a catalyst for the SDGs. We will follow up having analysed the material.
Topics
Besides the INGR roadmap work, IEEE has relevant input through the Industry Connections program.
- Industry Connections: https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/index.html
- IEEE Sustainable Industry development group - https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/sustainable-infrastructures-development.html
- Rural Connectivity Group - https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/rural-communication.html
It is essentially a space for different players/stakeholders to come together to discuss a given issue and create possible pathways to address it.
From BasicInternet, we’d like to bring attention to the Integrated Approach, addressing
- Access through the creation of WiFi information spots (InfoSpots) in areas where we don’t have mobile coverage, or mobile broadband data uptake
- The Freemium model for access, with free access for information, and premium access to broadband services
- Internet Lite as an envisaged standard, incorporating a set of lightweight Internet protocols such as AMP (previously known as accelerated mobile pages)
As the foundation, we go one step further and promote “free access to information”. And our implementations in Africa show that the concept works.
The other topics we discussed:
- SDGS in an African context: https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/how-do-africans-priorities-align-with-the-sdgs-and-government-performance-new-results-from
- See also our suggestions for the Next Generation Internet (NGI): Media:202103_NGINO_ICT_Noll.pdf
- Access, Skills, Regulations and Inclusion, the corner stones for “Digital Transformation and Development Policy” – a White Paper by the Government of Norway: https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/meldst11_summary/id2699502/?ch=1
- The IEEE INGR Roadmap by Sudhir Dixit and Ashutosh Dutta (edts), “Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) with 5G and B5G”, IEEE International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR), Aug2020, https://futurenetworks.ieee.org/images/files/pdf/INGR_Connecting_the_Unconnected_WP_9-29-20.pdf
