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Continent
Africa / /
Country
Rwanda / Cambodia / India / Costa Rica / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Company Expansion / Person Communication and Meetings / M&A / Person Travel / /
Facility
Massachusetts Institute of Technology / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / unconventional communication network / Internet hubs / mobile phone networks / cost technology / technology works / telecommunications equipment / e- postman / telecommunications industry / communication technologies / wireless link / Internet cafes / Internet connection / transport infrastructure / wireless technology / Internet use / telecommunication infrastructure / asynchronous networks / local Internet Service Providers / telecommunications / government services / Internet Price / e - commerce / communications infrastructure / commerce web sites / expansive telecommunications infrastructure offering services / physical transportation infrastructures / e-postman / recent technologies / basic social services / Internet web pages / range wireless technology / e- kiosks / asynchronous Internet access / profitable services / ONLINE Affordable / risk telecommunication equipment / Internet Service Provider / Local transportation / asynchronous Internet hub / Internet access point / e- government / communications infrastructure costs / remote Internet connectivity / Internet browsing / with its systems / wireless technologies / requested web pages / http /
Organization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology / UNDP / MIT’s Media Lab Asia / Cambodia/Japan Relief Fund / Markle Foundation / Indian State Government of Karnataka / MIT / United Nations / World Economic Forum / /
Person
Mike Jensen / JEAN-FRANÇOIS RAYMOND / Richard Fletcher / Bernie Krisher / CAROL CHYAU / Amir Alexander Hasson / Sandy Pentland / Stuart Hart / Al Hammond / /
Position
bus driver / official mission / Professor / administrator / Governor / /
ProvinceOrState
Karnataka / Massachusetts / /
Technology
Village Area Network technology / Internet technologies / mobile phones / time protocol / communication technologies / PSTN / VoiceMail Over IP technology / ISP / wireless technologies / cell phones / cost technology / DakNet technology / wireless technology / range wireless technology / cellular telephone / telemedicine / caching / VOIP / /
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