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services provider. During his career in Canada, he was re‑
sponsible both for the technological architectures of all
AUTHORS telecommunication services, and for exploring and de‑
veloping advanced telecommunication applications and
Ida Sèmévo TOGNISSE is a
Ph.D. student at the Institute technologies. He served as a technology strategist for reg‑
of Mathematics and Physics ulatory affairs, and was also a member of different work‑
(IMSP), University of Abomey‑ ing groups of CableLabs (a Denver, Colorado‑based re‑
Calavi (UAC), Benin. Specialised search consortium for cable operators).
in digital radio broadcasting
systems, she graduated in
2017 as a network design and
telecommunication engineer
from the Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey‑Calavi (EPAC).
She earned a master’s degree in information and com‑
munication technology from the Institute of Mathematics
and Physical Science in 2018. For the past three years,
she has been fully focused on research on universal
access to mobile telephony and connectivity in rural and
isolated areas.

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