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Friday, 25 March 2011

Best practices for building Internet capacity in Liberia

Posted on 04:07 by Unknown
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(Cross-posted from the Google.org blog)

Over the past year, several Googlers have made trips to Liberia, one of the world’s poorest countries with a per capita GDP of $500. As shown in the figure below, Liberia has one of the lowest volumes of Internet traffic per capita in the world, and ranks in the bottom quintile within Africa.


Historically constrained by slow and expensive satellite connections for Internet connectivity, the country expects to connect to the ACE submarine cable in 2013. This international connectivity will enable the deployment of low-cost infrastructure and accelerate the adoption of inexpensive Internet-enabled devices. As such, Liberia has an excellent opportunity to harness the Internet for economic and human development gains over the next few years.

At Google.org, we are contributing ideas for Liberia’s efforts to build Internet capacity, outlined in a white paper, “Best Practices for Liberia’s Internet Ecosystem.” We outline principles for establishing a strong Internet foundation in Liberia. Suggestions include piggybacking on non-telecom infrastructure investments, creating an Internet exchange point, and opening spectrum in WiMax, WiFi and TV white spaces for ISPs.

In putting this white paper together, we benefited from the diversity of global challenges that Googlers have experienced when working with networks. The paper also taps into the first-hand knowledge of local stakeholders across public, private, and non-profit sectors. In collaboration with the many complementary players in Liberia, we aim to turn technology opportunity into development progress.

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti, Google.org

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Bonnes pratiques pour développer Internet au Libéria

Au cours de l’année dernière, plusieurs Googlers se sont rendus au Libéria, un des pays les plus pauvres au monde, avec un revenu annuel par habitant de $500. Comme l’illustre le schéma ci-dessous, le Libéria affiche un volume de trafic Internet par habitant parmi les plus faibles du monde et se classe dans le dernier quintile en Afrique.

Historiquement ralenti par la lenteur et le coût des connexions satellite pour Internet, le pays
prévoit de se connecter au câble sous-marin ACE en 2013. Cette connexion internationale permettra le déploiement d’une infrastructure low-cost et accélérera l’adoption d’équipements bon marché connectés à Internet. Ainsi, le Libéria dispose d’une excellente opportunité de tirer parti d’Internet pour soutenir le développement économique et humain dans les années à venir.

Chez Google.org, nous contribuons aux efforts du Libéria pour développer un potentiel Internet, via un livre blanc, « Bonnes pratiques pour l'écosystème Internet au Liberia ». Nous y définissons les principes pour établir un socle Internet solide au Libéria. Parmi les suggestions figurent l’accès à Internet sans fil (piggybacking) sur l’infrastructure non-télécom, la création d’un point d’échange Internet, l’ouverture des spectres WiMax, WiFi et des espaces vides situés entre les zones de couverture attribuées à la télévision pour les fournisseurs d’accès.

Lors de la rédaction de ce livre blanc, nous avons tiré parti de l’expérience acquise par les
Googlers face à la grande diversité de problèmes rencontrés lors de leurs travaux sur les réseaux. Le livre a également bénéficié des connaissances de première main des acteurs locaux, issus des secteurs public et privé, et des organismes non lucratifs. En partenariat avec de nombreux autres acteurs au Libéria, notre ambition est de transformer une opportunité
technologique en opportunité de développement.

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