Browsing by Author "Roro, Zukile"

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    • Community-based solar power revenue alternative to improve sustainability of a rural wireless mesh network 

      Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Roro, Zukile; Tucker, William David; Siya, Masbulele Jay (ACM, 2013)
      Given the needs for a clean and easy way to maintain and secure powering wireless networks in rural areas and to gen- erate revenue to guarantee the sustainability of its intended goals, an innovative approach to leverage ...

    • Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network 

      Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Tucker, William David; Bidwell, Nicola J.; Roro, Zukile; Siya, Masbulele Jay; Simo-Reigadas, Javier (ACM, 2013)
      The DEV community knows that technology interventions involve consideration of social and environmental factors as much as technical ones. This is particularly true for the introduction of communications infrastructure in ...

    • Socio-economic aspects of voice-over-IP technology in rural SA 

      Roro, Zukile; Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Tucker, William David; Siya, Masbulele Jay (Telkom, 2012)
      This paper describes work in progress towards developing a business case and preliminary design for an 802.11-based mesh network in the remote rural community of Mankosi in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Aside ...

    • Towards a sustainable business model for rural telephony 

      Rey-Moreno, Carlos; Roro, Zukile; Siya, Masbulele Jay; Simo-Reigadas, Javier; Bidwell, Nicola J.; Tucker, William David (Telkom, 2012)
      This paper presents the work done thus far towards designing a sustainable business model for rural telephony in the community of Mankosi, located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The pillars of the model are ...