[Wireless-general] Fwd: [Wireless-training] Fwd: [LUG] Pedal Power, Linux Gets Ugandans Talking

[Tomas Krag]

One of Inveneo's techie's is Steve Okay, who was at our conf in
Djursland last year, and also was a trainer at ICTP's wireless school in
february.

Great group, great tech. what more can you ask for ;-)


On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 19:50 +0100, Anna Feldman wrote:
> Forwarded by one of the Ugandan participants from the Zanzibar training..
> 
> 
> >----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> >
> >Subject: [LUG] Pedal Power, Linux Gets Ugandans Talking
> >Date: Wednesday 22 June 2005 17:03
> >From: Kiggundu Mukasa <kiggundu at kym.net>
> >To: "Linux Users Group Ug." <lug at linux.or.ug>
> >
> >http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=489
> >
> >On June 8 residents of Nyamiryango in western Uganda made their first
> >telephone call from their village. What made this particularly
> >noteworthy is that the village has no electricity or phone lines.
> >
> >"Nyamiryango is one of five telecommunications hubs that have been
> >installed in the western half of Uganda by ActionAid and Inveneo.
> >Using a combination of Linux and solar- and pedal-powered batteries,
> >the two organisations have provided residents in the area with a
> >voice over IP (VoIP) network.......
> >
> >
> >
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