Affordable broadband connectivity for rural areas

Mastidia Byanyuma, Sadath Kalolo, Salehe I. Mrutu, Christina P. Nyakyi, Anael Sam · 2013

Summary. Rural Tanzania lacks affordable broadband despite 75% of the population living outside cities. Current services like GPRS and VSAT are slow and expensive. This paper proposes last-mile broadband frameworks using existing optical fiber backbones to deliver high-speed, affordable connectivity to remote communities. The authors evaluate these frameworks by deployment cost, data rates, coverage, and accessibility for rural Tanzania.

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Byanyuma, M., Kalolo, S., Mrutu, S. I., Nyakyi, C. P., & Sam, A.. (2013). Affordable broadband connectivity for rural areas. https://doi.org/10.1109/scat.2013.7055090

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DOI: 10.1109/scat.2013.7055090
Countries: Tanzania
Regions: Africa
Categories: broadband-and-digital
Added: 2026-04-28