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A model for sustainable broadband in poor communities 
Prof Alfredo Terzoli 
Rhodes and Fort Hare Universities 
National Treasury 
Pretoria, June 14 2012
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How can we make possible 
real & empowering ICT deployment 
in marginalized / disadvantaged areas? 
The puzzle
Why is it not working? 
•the cost of ICT infrastructure is too high to be supported only by the resources in marginalized areas 
•the applications that are relevant in this context are just a handful and rarely move beyond the proof of concept 
•the expertise of standard ICT solution providers is at best inadequate 
3
What is needed? 
•something that reverses the classic telco equation: the resources to support the local infrastructure have to come from the outside, rather then from the inside 
•a way to maximize the utilization of any ICT infrastructure 
•real, well organized software production centres, with good current software engineering practices, as well as specialized ICT solutions providers 
4
•A broadband island that connects as many Points of Presence as possible (Digital Access Nodes, DANs) 
•DANs located in schools but open to the community and running non-proprietary, open source software 
•Low cost, thin-client infrastructure (as server maybe a cluster of ‘refurbished’ computers) 
•Broadband island connected to the Internet by whatever means possible 
•And the cellphones? Great but... 
5 
Connectivity blueprint
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a point of presence is used for training 
7
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a point of presence is used for e-services
9 
e-commerce can support art and craft
•Applications? 
•Software production Centre? 
•ICT solution provider? 
10
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•A software house that completes the innovation eco-system built between Rhodes and Fort Hare Universities 
•Focused on community-oriented, integrated eServices solutions 
•It sees a future in which marginalised, disadvantaged communities are reconnected through practical, co-created ICT software applications and become progressively bigger actors in services and software production.
Objectives 
•Move software production in ICT4D to an industrial standard, in terms of architecture and quality 
•Build a reference implementation for practitioners in ICT4D 
•Start a commercial software house that proves through doing that ICT4D can be a space for business 
12
TeleWeaver business model 
municipality DAN reed house systems
TeleWeaver in a nutshell 
•TeleWeaver is an ‘application server’ holding many applications that make sense in the target community 
•Each application has a ‘revenue stream’ attached in the form of a pre-agreed contract with an organization that has the need to access the target community 
•The revenue stream for each application is generally small, but together the applications will generate a substantial stream
to be more practical... 
•An application in TeleWeaver can be used to report births to Home Affairs 
•Home Affairs agrees that they will pay a fixed amount per transaction (reporting a single birth) or maybe a monthly fee, independent from the number of transactions 
•As soon as a copy of TeleWeaver is licensed and deployed, the contract is activated and Home Affairs pays the holder of the TeleWeaver license (for example, a municipality)
the ‘TeleWeaver dance’ 
•Step 1: an entity (example: a municipality) picks up the upfront costs and RHS licences TeleWeaver 
•Step 2: the entity activates the pre-agreed contracts with organizations that need to access the community where TeleWeaver is deployed (for example, a gov department, a bank, an NGO) 
•Step 3: the entity starts receiving a revenue from the installation
game changer! (or what is attractive in RHS proposition) 
•TeleWeaver: the entity’s ICT infrastructure moves from a cost centre to an income centre, with the simple effort of sending off the pre-signed contracts that come with the TeleWeaver licence 
•RHS offers full turn-key solutions, if required, deploying the Digital Access Node (DAN), the communication link, TeleWeaver, and providing the training needed to activate the DAN
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local revenue streams anyone? 
•Yes, TeleWeaver will activate local streams too, through obvious applications such as e-commerce, resale of prepaid coupons, support for b&bs etc 
•Although this streams will be, for a period of time, a small source of revenue, it is an additional source nevertheless. More importantly, it will stimulate local economic activity!
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UFH 
RU 
Telkom CoEs 
Siyakhula Living Lab 
Siyakhula Living Lab 
Management Unit 
Reed House Systems (software house) 
1997 
1997 
2005 
2009 
2010 
The ICTD eco-system for innovation 
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Siyakhula Living Lab 
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A model for sustainable broadband penetration in poor rural and peri-urban communities

  • 1. A model for sustainable broadband in poor communities Prof Alfredo Terzoli Rhodes and Fort Hare Universities National Treasury Pretoria, June 14 2012
  • 2. 2 How can we make possible real & empowering ICT deployment in marginalized / disadvantaged areas? The puzzle
  • 3. Why is it not working? •the cost of ICT infrastructure is too high to be supported only by the resources in marginalized areas •the applications that are relevant in this context are just a handful and rarely move beyond the proof of concept •the expertise of standard ICT solution providers is at best inadequate 3
  • 4. What is needed? •something that reverses the classic telco equation: the resources to support the local infrastructure have to come from the outside, rather then from the inside •a way to maximize the utilization of any ICT infrastructure •real, well organized software production centres, with good current software engineering practices, as well as specialized ICT solutions providers 4
  • 5. •A broadband island that connects as many Points of Presence as possible (Digital Access Nodes, DANs) •DANs located in schools but open to the community and running non-proprietary, open source software •Low cost, thin-client infrastructure (as server maybe a cluster of ‘refurbished’ computers) •Broadband island connected to the Internet by whatever means possible •And the cellphones? Great but... 5 Connectivity blueprint
  • 6. 6
  • 7. a point of presence is used for training 7
  • 8. 8 a point of presence is used for e-services
  • 9. 9 e-commerce can support art and craft
  • 10. •Applications? •Software production Centre? •ICT solution provider? 10
  • 11. 11 •A software house that completes the innovation eco-system built between Rhodes and Fort Hare Universities •Focused on community-oriented, integrated eServices solutions •It sees a future in which marginalised, disadvantaged communities are reconnected through practical, co-created ICT software applications and become progressively bigger actors in services and software production.
  • 12. Objectives •Move software production in ICT4D to an industrial standard, in terms of architecture and quality •Build a reference implementation for practitioners in ICT4D •Start a commercial software house that proves through doing that ICT4D can be a space for business 12
  • 13. TeleWeaver business model municipality DAN reed house systems
  • 14. TeleWeaver in a nutshell •TeleWeaver is an ‘application server’ holding many applications that make sense in the target community •Each application has a ‘revenue stream’ attached in the form of a pre-agreed contract with an organization that has the need to access the target community •The revenue stream for each application is generally small, but together the applications will generate a substantial stream
  • 15. to be more practical... •An application in TeleWeaver can be used to report births to Home Affairs •Home Affairs agrees that they will pay a fixed amount per transaction (reporting a single birth) or maybe a monthly fee, independent from the number of transactions •As soon as a copy of TeleWeaver is licensed and deployed, the contract is activated and Home Affairs pays the holder of the TeleWeaver license (for example, a municipality)
  • 16. the ‘TeleWeaver dance’ •Step 1: an entity (example: a municipality) picks up the upfront costs and RHS licences TeleWeaver •Step 2: the entity activates the pre-agreed contracts with organizations that need to access the community where TeleWeaver is deployed (for example, a gov department, a bank, an NGO) •Step 3: the entity starts receiving a revenue from the installation
  • 17. game changer! (or what is attractive in RHS proposition) •TeleWeaver: the entity’s ICT infrastructure moves from a cost centre to an income centre, with the simple effort of sending off the pre-signed contracts that come with the TeleWeaver licence •RHS offers full turn-key solutions, if required, deploying the Digital Access Node (DAN), the communication link, TeleWeaver, and providing the training needed to activate the DAN
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  • 19. local revenue streams anyone? •Yes, TeleWeaver will activate local streams too, through obvious applications such as e-commerce, resale of prepaid coupons, support for b&bs etc •Although this streams will be, for a period of time, a small source of revenue, it is an additional source nevertheless. More importantly, it will stimulate local economic activity!
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  • 21. UFH RU Telkom CoEs Siyakhula Living Lab Siyakhula Living Lab Management Unit Reed House Systems (software house) 1997 1997 2005 2009 2010 The ICTD eco-system for innovation 21
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