Development of rural telecommunications and the CTD

Discusses a number of projects undertaken by the Centre for Telecommunications (CTD). In 1988 the CTD examined the viability of card operated payphones for villages and isolated areas in developing countries. The CTD has completed a number of rural telecommunication projects in Tanzania, Gambia, Egypt and Nepal. Several ITU studies have shown that rural telecommunications can facilitate may development activities including agriculture, industry, education and health care.<
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