Rural Communications - Regional and National Links

Africa

• Guide to improving Internet Access in Africa with Wireless Technologies (IDRC)

Australia

• Rural Australia Online
• Australia, Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Stuart University

Bangladesh

• Grameen Telecom

Uganda

• Uganda Connect

United States

• Foundation for Rural Service
• Rural Telecoms Case Study (Colorada Rural Technology Project)
• Applied Rural Telecom Resource Guide (AeRie Project)
• National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative
• National Telephone Cooperative Association - A Solution for serving Rural Areas

South Africa

• Universal Service Agency - Telecentres
• Universal Service Agency - Public Internet Terminals (PITs)

Telecentres

• Case histories from global telecentre movement (IDRC)
• IDRC Discussion Archive (May 98)
• Guide to starting up Multipurpose Community Telecentres (IDRC)
• Community Technology Centres, Paper by Christopher J. Campbell, The Center for Rural Massachusetts
• Applying the Lessons of Participatory Communication and Training to Rural Telecentres (FAO)
• Infocentres in El Salvador

Organizations

• Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
• DevMedia
• FAO - Communications for Development
• Global Knowledge Network
• IDRC
• UNESCO
• World Bank

Projects

• Acacia Project (IDRC)
• Infotech Project (UNESCO)
• InfoDev (World Bank)

Conferences on Rural Telecommunications

• Partnerships and Participation in Telecommunications for Rural Development:  Exploring What Works and Why - University of Guelph, Canada, 26 October 1998

• NTCA Conference on Rural Development (November 2, 1998)