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Socio-economic aspects of voice-over-IP technology in rural SA
(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 ...
Designing mobile phone interfaces for age diversity in South Africa: “One-World” versus diverse “Islands”
(Springer, 2013)
Designing for diversity is a laudable aim. How to achieve this, in the
context of mobile phone usage by South African seniors, is a moot point. We
considered this question from two possible perspectives: universal ...
A bridge over the computer science graduate skill gap
(2013)
Universities are increasingly required to respond to the ever evolving needs of an ever more sophisticated and globalised workplace, which requires well-rounded workers with more than mere technical knowledge. Employers ...
Making a community network legal within the South African regulatory framework
(ACM, 2015)
Community networks often operate at the fringe of legality with respect to spectrum, network infrastructure and providing services. We have been involved with such a network in a rural community, and together with them, ...
Clustered Multi-layer Multi-protocol Wireless Mesh Networks
(Telkom, 2015)
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged as an alternative option to the wired networks in areas where wired deployment is unfeasible and/or costly. They have been widely adopted in community networks as these networks ...
Call capacity for voice over Internet Protocol on wireless mesh networks
(Telkom, 2010)
This paper describes work in progress on call capacity optimization for voice over Internet Protocol on wireless mesh networks. In a developing country such as South Africa, evidence has shown that rural inhabitants find ...
Engaging ICTs as a “Tool” for eHealth prioritization on human development and poverty reduction in the African region
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2011)
The association connecting information and communication technologies (ICTs) and well-being
or poverty remains vague and research today has resulted to divergent conclusions. This paper
defines ICTs as “tools” that facilitate ...
Abstractions for designing and evaluating communication bridges for people in developing regions
(ACM, 2010)
This paper describes two novel abstractions that help soft- ware engineers work in developing regions to align social and technical factors when building communication systems. The abstractions extend two concepts familiar ...
Context-Aware Stemming algorithm for semantically related root words
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2012)
There is a growing interest in the use of context-awareness as a technique for developing pervasive computing applications that are
flexible and adaptable for users. In this context, however, information retrieval (IR) is ...
ICT and information security perspectives in E-Health Systems
(Medwell Journals, 2010)
This study examines issues pertinent to the rapidly evolving use of information as a currency of modern economies. Access to information has important benefits that can be achieved in many areas including, social-economic ...