2. Who am I?
• Software Engineer
• Founder/CTO WirelessDialog
3. What is Village Telco?
• Low cost community
telephone network
• Sets up in minutes
• No mobile phone
towers or wired lines
• Wireless mesh
technology
4. Why?
• Remote Rural Regions
• Ignored by Telcos
• Mobile phone use very
expensive
• 50 % of income on mobile
services
• Not only the developing world -
Community wireless and
telephony not owned by
Government
5. Features
• Emergent Telephone Networks
• Locally Owned
• No Spectrum License
• Freedom to Innovate
• Rapid Deployment
8. Example Deployment
“Mcdonalds” Model
• Franchise to low income local
entrepreneur
• Provide equipment,
expertise, training and
support
• Tele kiosks in villages Internet
access, telephony,
photographs, printing, web
design etc
• Profits go back into getting
more equipment