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Village Phone replication manual : creating sustainable by David Keogh

By David Keogh

Why is it this sort of problem to supply telecommunications to rural parts? excessive preliminary infrastructure funding, relative low name volumes, excessive upkeep charges because of harsh environments, funds field assortment wishes, money safeguard expenses (for coin operated phones), card availability (for pay as you go airtime systems), technical illiteracy, distant destinations, and excessive transportation bills are only a few of the impediments to offering rural telecommunications entry. Village mobile addresses those concerns. It presents a ecocnomic new industry area of interest for telecommunications businesses, new and ecocnomic micro-enterprises for rural terrible Village mobile Operators, and cheap and obtainable entry for groups.

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Perhaps there is an intangible mixed into their thinking as they consider the un-quantifiable value of additional public relations and 'recognition' with the Government) The answer to this question will guide many future decisions: - Thepn'may reasons for the Telecom Operator to partner to launch Village Phone are: Corporate Social Responsibility Government regulatory or licensing requirements It is good business Following discussions and verbal agreements in principal, the agreement should be documented and formdzed, if only in an non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or Letter of Intent (LOI).

There are complex formulas for determining the profit sharing during the commissioning period and challenges as to ownership and actual transfer of ownership. After extensive consultation with the sector and a pilot test in Uganda, it was determined that the commissioning period was not necessary and loan obligations and transfer of ownership and responsibility begin at deployment at the time of signing the Village Phone Operator and loan agreements. The microfinance institution manual template in A p n d i x C describes the various parameters of designing an appropriate loan package for the Village Phone product.

There are positive and negatives to both of these - the short tail provides an exposed connector to the elements and is a source of failure and yet if a failure does occur, the cable and antenna can be independently replaced as necessary. The cable also does not get stressed during the installation process. With the long cable, there is no exposed external join and the antenna and cable are essentially one unit. This is the simpler solution and as such, preferable. l4 Approximately, and contingent upon base station power, transceiver orientation, weather, terrain, foliage coverage, handset power, Line of sight, reflections, etc..

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