Peter Ulanga's presentation at Mobile Monday Dar es Salaam Feb 6th, 2012

AGENDA Rural Areas Beyond Mobile Application and Services

1. RURAL AREAS IN TANZANIATHE CASE OF TRIPLE JEOPARDY : 1. Low population density 2. Low income 3. Low literacy level

POPULATION DENSITY ´ Legend Tanzania_Village_EA_2002_region POPDENS 0.000000 - 20.000000 20.000001 - 50.000000 50.000001 - 100.000000 0 60 120 240 360 480 Kilometers 100.000001 - 300.000000 300.000001 - 600.000000 600.000001 - 7330040.600000

INCOME AND LITERACY LEVELS• Income poverty• Literacy level required to cope with the environment but not many with information beyond those requirements• Capacity to consume less complex ICT services

RE-THINKING THE UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND SERVICE Market efficiency frontier Access Gap Efficiency/ Market Gap Current level of access High-income households Low-income households Demand 6

UNDERSERVED AREAS ´ Legend Tanzania_Village_EA_2002_region POPDENS 0.000000 - 20.000000 20.000001 - 50.000000 50.000001 - 100.000000 0 60 120 240 360 480 Kilometers 100.000001 - 300.000000 300.000001 - 600.000000 600.000001 - 7330040.600000

UNDERSERVED AREAS WITH LOW SIGNALAREAS ´ Legend villages_without_comm_neighb Tanzania_Village_EA_2002_region POPDENS 0.000000 - 20.000000 20.000001 - 50.000000 50.000001 - 100.000000 0 55 110 220 330 440 Kilometers 100.000001 - 300.000000 300.000001 - 600.000000 600.000001 - 7330040.600000

WHERE ARE WE ? (MOBILE SERVICES ONLY)

WHAT THE FUND’S PLANS• Improve coverage in underserved areas• Reach 90% geographical coverage and 95% population coverage

2. APPLICATION AND SERVICES• Voice Service• Broadcasting service• Television service• SMS• Money transfer services• Gaming• Entertainment services• E-education• E-health• E-everything

INFRASTRUCTURE ON WHICH WE CAN RUNAPPLICATION AND SERVICES• Voice channel• Sms gateway (control & signaling channels)• USSD/2 gateway• Gprs /EDGE/3G?HSPA/4G Huh ?• Wifi• Wimax• FM• Everything

OPPORTUNITIESPlenty of services x Plenty of platforms = plenty opportunities !

3. BEYOND MOBILE …• What will happen 15 years from now ? • What scenarios do we see ? • Mobile ‘phones’ devices or an icon on a device ? • Computers ? • Television ? • The car of the time ? • The house of the time ? • The school of the time ? • Mind communication

DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY!Highly disruptive !

1. APPLICATION AND SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS• How do we address demands of the rural and underserved areas ? • Low income • Low population density • Low literacy• Mostly with requirements which can be tailored to address the problems of rural areas

THANK YOU ! ulanga@ucaf.go.tz 022-2700000

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