Community Cellular Networks
Introducing Mobile Networks in the Rural Philippines
Claire Barela, Joshua Blumenstock, Cedric Festin, Kurtis Heimerl, Niall Keleher, Matthew Podolsky, Erin Troland, Arman Rezaee
Last updated on
Feb 23, 2020
ICTD
Paper conditionally accepted in The 11th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2020).
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