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Language and Length

Reports may be submitted in either English, French or Spanish. They should normally be no longer than the equivalent of twenty pages of A4-sized paper. Please minimize the use of photographs so that the capacity of the case library can be utilized effectively.

CONTENTS

Case studies are accepted on the following types of projects:

  1. Ongoing projects using technolgies specially designed for rural areas of developing countries, including Multipurpose Community Telecenters, Tele-medicine and Tele-education;
  2. Planned projects that make new combinations of technologies to meet the needs of rural areas such as satellite communications linked with WLL networks;
  3. Examples of how equipment has been adapted for use in particular, harsh climatic or geographic conditions of remote and rural areas, such as solar-powered telephones.

In the description of the project cases, emphasis should be placed on the following elements:

  1. Socio-economic effects on the community;
  2. Nature of the service and its cost to the users;
  3. Type of technology used and involvement of manufacturers;
  4. Effectiveness and sustainability of the project

The contents of reports may be edited, in accordance with the aims of Focus Group (Topic 7).

STEPS TO SUBMIT CASE STUDIES

Fill out and submit the on-line Case Study Template. No other steps necessary! Click here to go to the case study template now.

OR

  1. Prepare the case study according to the content guidelines listed above.
  2. Send the document(s) by e-mail (preferred) or regular mail to:

    vishnu.calindi@itu.int
    Mr. Vishnu Calindi
    ITU-BDT Secretariat
    Place des Nations
    CH-1211, Geneva 20
    Switzerland

    Submission of case studies in electronic format is preferred. Any format suitable for a Windows operating environment is accepted. Please note that your case study will be downloaded by participants in the format in which you submit it.

  3. Fill out the Summary of Report Form below and press the Submit button. Each report must be accompanied by a summary sheet in English.

The summary contains the material that will be searchable by participants using the web site, so please include as many keywords as possible.

This database design allows us to accept case studies in a wide variety of electronic formats and streamlines the process of entering new studies into the database.

Summary of Report Form

1 Name of case study:
2 Status of Project: Ongoing
Planned
Completed
3 Project Location:
4 Type of Application / Service: Community development, including multipurpose telecentres
Support for small business
Tele-health / Tele-medicine
Tele-education
Emergency support / disaster mitigation
Environmental monitoring / protection
Radio and TV broadcasting
Others
5 Type of Technology: Wired local loop
Wireless local loop
Fixed
Mobile
Mobile cellular telephony
Satellite communications (Please indicate)
VSAT
Mobile (GMPCS)
Audio/visual/data broadcasting
Other
IP-related network
Mobile data
Terrestrial radio or TV broadcasting
Other
6 Organization submitting the case study:
7 Organizations and companies mentioned in the study:
8 Author or contact person:
Address:
email:
website:
9 Summary of topic including expected social/economic impact of the project (maximum 100 words)
10 Keywords:
11 Scope of document restricted to Focus Group Members? Yes  No

  

 

 

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