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Solutions involving community
Last Mile Access
Naveed HaqRegional Development Manager, Asia-Pacific
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49% of the world is still not connected
The lack of affordable access to the Internet and the disparity in levels of access across the world remains a key challenge.
This creates competitive, social, and economic disadvantages.
A vehicle crossing the landscape near Koklata in Tusheti, a beautiful but very remote region of the Greater Caucasus Mountains in the Republic of Georgia. ©Nyani Quarmyne 2
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There is need to embrace complimentary last mile network infrastructures that involve small businesses and communities to support
#inclusiveaffordableconnectivity
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The infrastructure
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• Last mile access networks that are often small, usually serving under 2,000 people
• Using wireless and optical fibre technologies
• A distributed architecture
Network diagram of the Nepal Wireless Networking project
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Existing solutions / projects
a. Guifi.net (Spain) https://guifi.net/enb. Pamoja Net (Congo) https://firstlight.fjordnet.com/pamoja-net-a-community-
commons/c. Wireless for Communities (W4C) (India, Pakistan) www.w4c.in, www.w4c.pkd. Nepal Wireless Networking Project http://www.nepalwireless.nete. Gram Marg (India) http://grammarg.inf. Zittnet (Nigeria) https://www.fantsuam.org/projectsg. Instituto Nupef (Brazil) https://nupef.org.br
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