Village Telco news coverage

[Steve Song]

Hi all,

I spoke at an event called Tech4Africa on Thursday last week which was
particularly well-covered by the press. The press coverage was of
pretty variable accuracy but there was plenty of it. :-)

Cheers... Steve

‘Potato’ project to connect African villages
http://www.techcentral.co.za/potato-project-to-connect-african-villages/16137/

Mesh Potato device could dramatically lower connectivity costs
http://memeburn.com/2010/08/mesh-potato-could-dramatically-lower-communication-costs-in-africa/

Expert slams communications costs
http://www.news24.com/SciTech/Tech4Africa/Expert-slams-communication-costs-20100812

Mesh Potatoes Become Hot Potatoes
http://tech4africa.com/blog/mesh-potatos-become-hot-potatos/2010/08/12/

Orange Farm Builds Its Own Independent Phone System
http://allafrica.com/stories/201008120900.html

--
Steve Song
Telecommunications Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation

email:   steve...@shuttleworthfoundation.org
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[Paul Gardner-Stephen]

Hi Steve,

Well done -- It was enlightening to hear the statistic about how the
bottom 75% income band in Africa spends 50% of their disposable income
on mobile services.
There is truly great need, and we should all hold our heads high as we
participate in improving this problem.

Paul.

On Aug 14, 11:06 am, Steve Song

<steve.s...@shuttleworthfoundation.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I spoke at an event called Tech4Africa on Thursday last week which was
> particularly well-covered by the press.   The press coverage was of
> pretty variable accuracy but there was plenty of it.  :-)
>
> Cheers... Steve
>

> ‘Potato’ project to connect African villageshttp://www.techcentral.co.za/potato-project-to-connect-african-villag...
>
> Mesh Potato device could dramatically lower connectivity costshttp://memeburn.com/2010/08/mesh-potato-could-dramatically-lower-comm...
>
> Expert slams communications costshttp://www.news24.com/SciTech/Tech4Africa/Expert-slams-communication-...
>
> Mesh Potatoes Become Hot Potatoeshttp://tech4africa.com/blog/mesh-potatos-become-hot-potatos/2010/08/12/
>
> Orange Farm Builds Its Own Independent Phone Systemhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201008120900.html

>
> --
> Steve Song
> Telecommunications Fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation
>

> email:   steve.s...@shuttleworthfoundation.org