ICT for the Next Five Billion People: Information and Communication for Sustainable Development

By Picot

Book Overview

Opening Remarks.- ICT for the Poor at Large Scale: Innovative Connections to Markets and Services.- People Driven Innovation - How to create the Demand for ICT Solutions in Underserved Areas.- Transfer of services to emerging markets - mobile services, m-payment & m-health.- Incubating Micro Enterprises in Rural South Africa - The Use Case of Virtual Buying Cooperatives.- "What can we learn from the Developing World?" Impact of Mobile Applications from developing Markets on Mature Economies.- Mobile Broadband Community Centers.- Myths about ICT for the Other Billions.- From Voice to Broadband Data - Affordable Communications in Emerging Markets.- Leapfrogging ICT with Cloud Computing in Emerging Countries.- PANEL DISCUSSION ICT and Economics Development in Underserved Markets - A Chicken and Egg Problem.- Closing Remarks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642122248
• ISBN13: 9783642122248
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"