Toward Integration Model for Cost•Effective Communication Infrastructure Development to Support Ict in Ethiopia (A Case Study)
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2005-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The key problems in providing communication services in developing
countries like Ethiopia have been identified as using standard
telecommunications network designed for high capacity and densely
populated areas. The core network of this standard
telecommunications is not a problem, the problem is in access network
which contribute the 50% investment to the overall network, and this
needs flexible technology. As a result of this the cost of
telecommunication provision has tended to be at high cost compared
to that of the actual income of the citizen.
In order to enhance the interconnectivity to our citizen, we need to
integrate technologies and favor those which can reach end users
directly. The power line network has been realized to have enough
capacity and suitable for voice and data communication to support
communications services in lowly populated areas where the electrical
power line infrastructure already exists.
The objectives of the thesis, therefore, were to: I) explore a model(s) on
how to integrate power line and telecommunications technology for a
cost effective communication infrastructure; and II) assess integration
model to end users that provide broadband services with affordable
price. Accordingly, a cost model was built to provide residential data
transmission over power line with the necessary and sufficient
assumptions and cost elements inculcated in the model. The paper will
discuss the trends in the provision of telecommunications services and
also the use of power line network setup for communication and other
services which has been identified to be provided to end users will be
discussed.
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Information Science