Simple telephone technology to improve communication in East Timor
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An Australian engineer is developing a unique telecommunications project in East Timor that he hopes could lead to a technical revolution in the young nation. The lack of competition in East Timor's communications sector had led to high-cost telephone and internet services, making something as simple as a phone call too expensive for many of the low-income population. Engineer David Rowe has been trying to create an alternative, cheap and reliable communications network in one of Asia's poorest countries. Village Telco is a community based telecommunications network which uses a suite of applications to set up a phone service in a specific area.
Presenter: Ryan Egan
Speaker: David Rowe, Australian engineer and founder of Village Telco in East Timor
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