1、 1 外文原文 Business Model for Developing World Municipal Broadband Network A Case Study AbstractA viable business model is key for the financial and operational sustainability of community broadband network. Using the public-private-partnership approach, stakeholder analysis and the business model canv
2、as tool, we demonstrate a business model that can guarantee financial and operational sustainability of community networks in rural developing regions. The business model has been validated in a local broadband communication network built in rural Tanzania. Index TermsBusiness model; Public-Private-
3、Partnerships; Non-Governmental; Organizations; Community Telecommunication Networks; financial sustainability I. I NTRODUCTION ICT, including broadband communication services, has become an integral part of the daily lives of people living indeveloped regions. It bridges distances, facilitates infor
4、med decision making, efficient delivery of services in all sectors of society and creates new business opportunities, e.g. by enabling virtual meetings and online payments. ICT has become an infrastructure that should be extended to become ubiquitous. Although many rural areas, including those indev
5、eloping regions, enjoy access to mobile phone networks, few of them can provide broadband services due to lack of broadband communication infrastructure. Local broadband communication services are mostly non-existent while Internet access is sometimes provided via expensive narrowband VSAT connectio
6、ns at community access points (telecenters). The lack of broadband communication infrastructure in rural areas is mainly due the fact that it has traditionally been left to commercial market actors, who in the end have seen too many challenges such as: Low population density, and low per capita income due to the low-tech level of economic activities mainly based on agriculture and fishing. 2 Scarcity or absence of basic infrastructures, such as electricity, water and access roads, under
