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Slide 1: A Digitally Inclusive South Africa Steve Song Telecommunications Fellow Shuttleworth Foundation www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 2: Why digital inclusion? A tide that raises all ships  the power to transcend space and time a general purpose enabler the immediacy of ideas the location of innovation    www.shuttleworthfoundation.org Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hint-of-plum/
Slide 3: Telecom infrastructure is the Cardiovascular System of the Knowledge Economy www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 4: YouTube vs. Television In the 60 years since the 3 largest U.S. networks began broadcasting, one can imagine about 1.5 million hours of programming. 3 networks x 60 years x 365 days x 24 hours 1.5 million hours of programming YouTube produces this much content in six months. = Courtesy Michael Wesch, An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 5: YouTube ● ● 9232 hours/day 385 always on channels 200,000 3minute videos ● www.shuttleworthfoundation.org Courtesy Michael Wesch, An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube
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Slide 7: Quake Catcher Network www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 8: But in Africa...  In relative terms SA is falling behind Costs still higher than neighbouring countries There is a need for a shared vision among industry, government, and consumers www.shuttleworthfoundation.org  
Slide 9: Global Trends 2008 High-Quality Broadband Essential to Growth of the World’s Knowledge Economies – Oxford Said Business School – Press Release Sept 2008 www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 10: Undersea Cables in 2010? www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 11: Spectrum Open Standards for Spectrum Auctions Spectrum Commons Cdn 105 Mhz Auction Television White Spaces Alliance 700Mhz Mobile Spectrum WiMax WiFi www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 12: The Democratisation of Telecom Infrastructure Telephone Infrastructure Internet Infrastructure www.shuttleworthfoundation.org = = “connect out” “connect in”
Slide 13: ICTs are steadily declining in cost inexpensive off-the-shelf broadband technology www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 14: Open Source Software www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 15: Telco 2.0 Web2.0 is changing how we understand media, participation, publishing, copyright, and that is just the beginning. What might happen if telecommunication infrastructure became cheap enough and simple enough that anyone could set up a telco? www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
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Slide 17: Photo Credits – CC Mosquito http://www.flickr.com/photos/gyuvallos/71410563/sizes/o/ Cardiovascular System http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrlynch/ Hand with phone http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2736565604/sizes/l/ www.shuttleworthfoundation.org
Slide 18: Thanks! mail: skype: blog: twitter: del.icio.us: Steve Song steve.song@shuttleworthfoundation.org steve_l_song http://manypossibilities.net stevesong ssong www.shuttleworthfoundation.org