Wholesale Broadband Wi-Fi hotspots in public strategic areas in Botswana
Details of the organization
Name *
Universal Access & Service Fund
Country *
Botswana
Website (URL)
http://www.uasf.org.bw
Type *
Governments
National implementation mechanism
The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level:
No
The organization has a national e-strategy:
Yes
Information about the project
Project title *
Wholesale Broadband Wi-Fi hotspots in public strategic areas in Botswana
Title acronym
Botswana Hotspots
Description *
In 2015 , the Universal Access and Service Fund (UASF) subsidised the national Facility Based Operator Botswana Fibre Networks (BOFINET) to provide Wholesale broadband WiFi hotspots in 32 public strategic areas (hospitals, shopping malls, bus terminals, immigration border posts, airports and government enclave) in 7 towns and cities in Botswana. BOFINET built the wholesale WiFi infrastructure which was then availed to retail internet service providers on a open access principle to provide reliable and affordable internet connectivity to consumers or end users. The project was centered around three main objectives as follows: • To promote usage of the .BW domain name, local content development, and the use of e-Government services in Botswana through provision of basic free Internet to consumers; • To connect super-fast Broadband (1Mbps per user) in the identified public strategic areas to achieve the target speeds of the National Broadband Strategy; and • To provide the public with easy access to secure and affordable Broadband services. All the hotspots are now operational and users are enjoying broadband services.
Project website
http://www.uasf.org.bw
Geographical coverage *
National implementation:
Botswana
Status *
Ongoing
from 12/01/2015
to
31/12/2018
Partners
Botswana Fibre Networks
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
*
Information and communication infrastructure
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Project type *
Project
