Socio-economic challenges of rural telecommunication access schemes in Nigeria
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2017
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Department of Library and Information Technology Federal University of Technology Minna Nigeria
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There has been growing interest on how to provide universal telecommunication access in developing countries. The trend in digital divide
between the rural and urban areas for developing countries reveals a growing gap. In this paper, we discussed from a socioeconomic
perspective, the various challenges facing the deployment of rural telecommunication access in Nigeria. Successes and failures of existing
universal access models in developing countries are highlighted. Exploratory field survey from fifteen rural communities in Nigeria was
conducted. The investigation included characterization of rural communities; impact assessment of universal telecommunication access on rural
Nigeria and sustainability analysis of possible universal access models vis-à-vis models that have been tested in other parts of the world. The paper provides guidelines to the service providers and regulators in choosing appropriate universal access model to achieve the telecommunication access in rural communities efficiently and effectively considering the peculiarities of Nigeria‟s rural socio-economic landscape.
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Socio-economic, Rural Telecommunications Access, Universal Telecommunications Access