Mamelodi Wireless Project

Project Title:

Responsible Organisation:

Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network

Website:

Http://www.cuwireless.net/

Organisation Type:

Non Profit

Project Director:

Sascha Meinrath

Partner Organisations:

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Administrative Country:

North America, USA; Africa, South Africa

Project Region:

America and Africa

Project Country:

USA, South Africa

Project Funding:

OSI

Type of technology used:

Communication

Technology Details:

Open Source Peer-to-Peer (Ad hoc) Wireless Mesh Technology

Support Of Technology Company:

Conservation/Developmant Focus:

Information Infrastructure

Project Duration:

December 2005-December 2006

Project Aims:

Provide communications infrastructure to Mamelodi, South Africa, a former township which lacks substantial communication infrastructure.

Project Activities:

(Including details of technology use): Provide wireless infrastructure to public institutions and private residences.

Project Results:

We expect that the CUWiN technology will allow the Mamelodi community leapfrog a generation of POTS-based communication infrastructure.

Future Steps:

Technology Lessons Learned:

Contact Name 1:

Ross Musselman

Telephone/Fax 1:

Tel +1 217 278-3933 x. 30; Fax +1 217 278-3933 x.730

Postal Address 1:

202 South Broadway, Suite 1, Urbana, IL 61801

Email 1:

ross@cuwireless.net

Contact Name 2:

Karel Matthee

Telephone/Fax 2:

Tel +27 12 841 3028 Fax +27 12 841 4720

Postal Address 2:

Meraka Institute, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001

Email 2:

kmatthee@csir.co.za

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