[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk connecting remote villages in westernUganda

[Kanuri, Seshu (Company IT)]

Mark,

This is a wonderful thing to do for underserved societies like Uganda.

The datasheet you have provided and the layout could be the model for
many other developing societies both In Africa as well as central and
South America.

Kudos to Inveneo.org under your able leadership. Keep up the good work.

Seshu Kanuri


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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Summer
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:56 PM
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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk connecting remote villages in
westernUganda

Hi,

I though some of you on this list might be interested in what Inveneo is
doing in Uganda. We are a San Francisco based non-profit organization
that builds rugged, low-cost, highly reliable and open- source
communications systems for under-served communities around the world. We
have just completed our first installation in western Uganda, Africa.

The system is up and running since this past Wednesday (June 8th). We
have installed 5 units, 4 of which are in villages with with no access
to power. The system provides Internet access and phone capabilities to
the users. Phone calls among the connected villages are free of charge,
with the ability to place and receive calls to / from  the Ugandan phone
network and voice mail boxes for each station. The systems are linked
using 802.11 WiFi links.

For more information please have a look at the following links:

For more detailed information and pictures of the Uganda deployment:

http://www.inveneo.org/?q=uganda

For more information about the solution we have built and implemented,
here is a link to our PDF datasheet:

http://www.inveneo.org/download/inveneoDatasheet.pdf

And of course our website:

http://www.inveneo.org/


Thank you!

Mark

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Mark Summer
co-founder, Inveneo
web:   http://www.inveneo.org
phone: +1-415-901-1969 x 1200
FWD:   603303
cell:  +1-415-867-9751
email: mark.summer at inveneo.org

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