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Rural Medicine Getting SmartPhone Overhaul
Blog Rural Medicine Getting SmartPhone Overhaul In the medical field of rural medicine, access to technology can provide drastic improvements in patient health. As rural healthcare is a global issue, certainly mobile technology has the ability to play a...
[February 11, 2009, 14:48]
Rural broadband pilot to be extended
News A pilot project to bring broadband to rural parts of Cornwall could be repeated in other areas of the UK if talks between BT and partner companies are successful. But the project does appear to have the backing of the e-commerce minister, Stephen...
[June 27, 2002, 14:58]
Rural Development With ICTs in Nepal: Integrating National Policy With Grassroots Resourcefulness
White Papers Two rural ICT telecentre projects are under way in Nepal. As social mobilisation encompasses several aspects of communities that are thought to influence the development outcomes of rural telecentres, the two projects offer an opportunity to...
[May 4, 2006, 10:17]
Rural Europe may get €1bn for broadband
News The European Commission has proposed a €1bn investment in rural broadband across member states, as part of a general economic recovery plan in the midst of the recession. The investment, if approved, would help "extend and upgrade high-speed...
[January 29, 2009, 15:23]
Rural areas face long broadband delays
News Businesses and individuals in many rural parts of Britain are facing delays of over a year before they can get high-speed Internet access via their phone line, even though they have already proved that broadband is commercially viable in their area.
[April 13, 2004, 17:20]
Rural-broadband campaigners sell out in the City
News Next week's Rural and Regional Broadband Conference could play an important role in shaping the roadmap of Broadband Britain in the months and years ahead. It has been well-supported by the public and private sector -- including BT, the South East...
[July 4, 2003, 14:38]
Rural Ambulance Victoria Improves Paramedic Training
White Papers Often the only medical professionals for long distances, paramedics of Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) in Australia have to rely on their experience and training to save lives. But with the rapid pace of medical advance, including the latest...
[December 8, 2006, 0:00]
Rural areas face 20-year wait for broadband
News BT's chairman told the parliamentary select committee for Culture, Media and Sport on Tuesday that rural areas could be forced to wait between 10 and 20 years before they are offered high-speed Internet services, unless the UK government makes a...
[February 5, 2002, 15:02]
Rural broadband conference sunk by funding squeeze
News Rural campaigners have failed to persuade government and industry that the non-availability of faster broadband services across the UK is a serious issue that needs addressing. Internet connections, and may soon be able to get 20Mbps or even faster...
[November 21, 2005, 10:30]
Government faces grilling over rural broadband
News The UK government's record on broadband will come under scrutiny on Tuesday from MPs who are likely to attack its performance on rural coverage and wireless. Sir George is also expected to claim that the government's policy of not making broadband...
[March 25, 2003, 12:09]
Partnerships key to rural ADSL, says BT
News Having rolled out ADSL to just over 1,000 local exchanges -- mostly in towns and cities -- BT insists that it is not yet economically viable to extend its high-speed services to rural areas. If there is clear evidence of sufficient broadband demand...
[February 20, 2002, 15:57]
Mobile networks could boost rural broadband
News Community broadband networks in rural areas could benefit from the need for mobile phone operators to improve their network coverage, two UK companies believe. Invisible Networks and ip.access have announced a plan to team up in a trial to show how...
[November 29, 2002, 12:05]
Gender Wage Gaps in Post-Reform Rural China
White Papers In this paper, gender wage gaps are estimated in the rural economy between 1988 and 1995 and it is found that women received wages substantially lower than did their male counterparts. One interpretation is that wage discrimination against women is...
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Balloon goes up for rural broadband
News High altitude balloons and unmanned solar-powered aircraft may be the key to rural broadband, if a major European Union project is successful. Over the next year, Capanina intends to develop aerial links capable of delivering up to 120 megabits per...
[January 21, 2004, 9:15]
BT cuts rural broadband fees
News BT has cut its rates for providing wholesale broadband access to rural Britain, a move which may encourage service providers to offer broadband in the most remote locations. The telco has cut the rates for its ADSL Exchange Activate product, which...
[January 2, 2004, 16:10]
Wireless rural broadband gets green light
News The Office of Communications on Monday opened a key part of the radio spectrum that will help bring broadband to rural areas of Britain not served by ADSL broadband. As expected, the 5.8GHz Band C will be regulated under a 'light touch' licensing...
[December 30, 2003, 12:35]
Northern Ireland seeks rural-broadband supplier
News However, the one percent of people who access broadband via satellite, mostly in rural areas, will have their service terminated on 1 April. Northern Ireland is replacing a deal under which its citizens without fixed telephone lines get internet...
[October 1, 2008, 11:46]
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
Talkback Its still not just 'rural' areas that can't get broadband. Here in Milton Keynes there are still significant fractions of the town still too far (mainly due to the extremely circuitous cable routes ) from an exchange to get Broadband service.
[September 29, 2003, 11:05]
Providing Voice Connectivity to Rural India Using WiMAX: Issues and Solution
White Papers This paper proposes a Kiosk based WiMAX infrastructure model to provide voice connectivity to rural Indian villages. The need of emerging markets telecom, specifically in the Indian telecom scenario; WiMAX is being looked as a broad-band access...
[April 22, 2009, 0:00]
Mesh brings broadband to rural Bucks
News Mesh networking is being deployed in Buckinghamshire to spread high-speed Internet access around a rural college. Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College has installed four LocustWorld mesh boxes.
[April 23, 2004, 18:20]
