Dar es Salaam / Ottawa / San Jose / Nanyuki / Redmond / Jose / /
Company
LTE / BitTorrent / SpectraLink Wireless / Skype / UhuruOne / Facebook / Commission for Science and Technology / TVWS / Adaptrum Inc. / International Energy Agency / Mawingu Networks / 6Harmonics Inc. / Microsoft / Ranveer Chandra Microsoft Corporation / /
Continent
Africa / /
Country
South Africa / Namibia / Kenya / Japan / Malawi / Canada / Tanzania / Botswana / United Kingdom / Philippines / New Zealand / United States / Singapore / Ghana / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Business Partnership / Reorganization / /
Facility
BS towers / University of Limpopo / The Open University / Microsoft’s campus / Limpopo campus / Burguret Dispensary / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / network management software / white space networks / technology implementations / broadband access / Internet connectivity / carrier grade / personal portable device / energy prospects / licensed and unlicensed microwave solutions / energy / lowpower in-building media distribution / wireless broadband connectivity / typical applications / radio network planning tools / standards involving devices / site router / user applications / wireless microphone signals / government services / radio uses location-aware devices / point-to-multipoint backhaul technology / backhaul systems / non-line-of-sight wireless connectivity / site aggregation router / media protocols / basic carrier grade setup / access equipment / wireless equipment / campus network / long-range wireless connections / task / wireless broadband access / radio network / radio communications devices / excellent devices / multi-mode chips / healthcare clinic / healthcare / typical telecommunications tradeoffs involving cost / customer premise equipment / standalone solar power systems / air interface protocol / path profile tool / Internet speeds / electricity / wireless technologies / installation site / network management / end user devices / secure web / white space technologies / /
MusicGroup
LTE / UHF / /
Organization
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research / Open University / Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology / Operation and Maintenance Center / Male Secondary School / MyDigitalBridge Foundation / Red Cross / United States Agency for International Development / Saharan Africa Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development / Federal Communications Commission / South African government / University of Limpopo / University of Limpopo and Multisource / Network Operations Center / Dar es Salaam School of Journalism / Institute of Financial Management / Laikipia County Government Office / United Nations / Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications / Gakawa Secondary School / Male Primary School / /
Person
Muhammad Qayyum / Link Legend / Robert Wu / Sidney Roberts / /
Position
CEO / Major / Chairman / /
Product
Microsoft Corporation Portable Audio Device / WhiteFi system / Assuming LOS / WhiteFi / /
ProvinceOrState
Limpopo / Laikipia County / Manitoba / /
PublishedMedium
the Namibian / /
Region
Southeast Asia / northern Namibia / Latin America / South Asia / /
Technology
mobile devices / multi-mode chips / white space technologies / DSA technology / media protocols / ISP / wireless technologies / GSM / Network Operations Center / point-to-multipoint backhaul technology / MAC protocols / broadband / air interface protocol / VPN / wireless broadband / P2P / microwave / VSAT / UDP / broadband access / Wi-Fi / Ethernet / DNS / site aggregation router / video conferencing / smartphones / Mobile Computing / site router / MAC protocol / WiFi technologies / /
Connecting Africa Using the TV White Spaces: From Research to Real World Deployments (Invited Paper) Sidney Roberts, Paul Garnett, Ranveer Chandra Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USAEmail: {siro, paulgar, ranv