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ICT for the Next Five Billion People

Information and Communication for Sustainable Development

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Arnold Picot

    1. Fak. Betriebswirtschaft, Institut für Information, Organisation, Universität München, München, Germany

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  2. Josef Lorenz

    1. , COO RTP Innovations, Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH, München, Germany

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  • First book to discuss the implications of internet access for inhabitants of the emerging economics

  • Discussion of business opportunities

  • Contributions by leading experts

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Opening Remarks

    • Jörg Eberspächer
    Pages 1-2

  3. ICT for the Poor at Large Scale: Innovative Connections to Markets and Services

    • Joachim von Braun
    Pages 3-14

  4. People Driven Innovation – How to create the Demand for ICT Solutions in Underserved Areas

    • Kazi Islam
    Pages 15-23

  5. Transfer of services to emerging markets – mobile services, m-payment & m-health

    • Stanley Chia
    Pages 25-33

  6. Incubating Micro Enterprises in Rural South Africa – The Use Case of Virtual Buying Cooperatives

    • Christian Merz
    Pages 35-45

  7. “What can we learn from the Developing World?” Impact of Mobile Applications from developing Markets on Mature Economies

    • Gary Marsden
    Pages 47-54

  8. Mobile Broadband Community Centers

    • Jean-Marc Cannet
    Pages 55-61

  9. Myths about ICT for the Other Billions

    • Kentaro Toyama
    Pages 63-80

  10. From Voice to Broadband Data – Affordable Communications in Emerging Markets

    • Frank Oehler
    Pages 81-90

  11. Leapfrogging ICT with Cloud Computing in Emerging Countries

    • Hagen Wenzek
    Pages 91-97

  12. PANEL DISCUSSION ICT and Economics Development in Underserved Markets – A Chicken and Egg Problem

    • Arnold Picot
    Pages 99-117

  13. Closing Remarks

    • Arnold Picot
    Pages 119-119

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 121-122
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About this book

Currently, around one to two billion users are able to connect to the Internet, most of them living in the industrialized parts of the world. However, if we want to improve the quality of life of the world population with the help of access to information and education, it is necessary that in the next decade an additional five billion people gain access to the Internet. The next five billion Internet users are mainly living in emerging economies. Therefore, the main challenge is to lower the economic barrier using new approaches for infrastructure deployment and service delivery to billions of people. This book reflects the discussions of the challenges from the Münchner Kreis with representatives from the ICT industry, academia, non-governmental organizations and governmental development organizations, among them many representatives from emerging economies in Africa and Asia. They had highlighted the real demand for ICT, and what impact ICT creates for the wealth and lifestyle of the people.

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“An edited volume of papers presented at a conference held in Germany. … Its relative brevity may make it attractive to those seeking a quick oversight of issues and debates, while lectures may recommend it to their students in the hope that the style adopted––transcribed presentations with the accompanying slides––will encourage them to read the various chapters. … Some of the examples cited in the various chapters are interesting … . All things considered, one for the library.” (Jason Whalley, Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 42 (3), July-September, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fak. Betriebswirtschaft, Institut für Information, Organisation, Universität München, München, Germany

    Arnold Picot

  • , COO RTP Innovations, Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH, München, Germany

    Josef Lorenz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: ICT for the Next Five Billion People

  • Book Subtitle: Information and Communication for Sustainable Development

  • Editors: Arnold Picot, Josef Lorenz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12225-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-12224-8Published: 17 July 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12225-5Published: 04 June 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 124

  • Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Media Management, IT in Business, Communications Engineering, Networks

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