broadband strategies handbook.pdf - Khazar University

adio frequency identification (RFID),259b6.3railway companies, 115, 217–18RAN. See radio access network (RAN)RCIP. See Regional CommunicationsInfrastructure Program (RCIP)R&D. See research and development (R&D)redundancy, 210, 211b5.1refarming activities, 103–4refurbished computers, 262b6.4Regional Communications InfrastructureProgram (RCIP), 182b4.5regulatory framework, 65, 271, 272and charging arrangements, 108–11content issues, 138–43, 146–47nn39–40and cybersecurity, 129–34EC’s guidelines for NGAs, 170–71and functional separation, 58–59and infrastructure, 56–57, 111, 119–21,145n21and Internet interconnections, 106–7for ITC environment, 91–92and network neutrality, 125–29Peru, 166–67b4.3privacy and data protection, 134–38,145–46nn30–32, 146nn35–37and statistics used for monitoringbroadband, 82–84and universal access, 167–69, 190n15and vertical integration, 121–24See also legal framework; licensing;spectrumrelief efforts, 282remote areas, and satellite use, 238, 243n44research and development (R&D)impacts of broadband on, 12–13and pilot projects, 49to track progress of plans, 48–49retail sector, impact of broadband on, 14–15RFID. See radio frequency identification(RFID)rights-of-way, access to, 58, 115, 170ring networks, 219, 220f5.7, 227risks, 67, 178, 216roaming, 78, 233Romania, 300Royal Dutch Telecom (KPN), 200Rudd, Kevin, 71rural areasaccess to broadband service, 159–60, 169Canada, 178–79, 190n21Chile, 162–63Dominican Republic, 160–61, 189n9Peru, 165United States, 161and backhaul networks, 116Brazil, 322and costs of backbone networks, 217demand for broadband services, 175and digital dividend spectrum, 103and e-health, 276–77Sri Lanka, 326and subsidy bids for broadbandprojects, 176and UAS issues, 167, 168–69and use of CDMA, 232b5.2use of mobile education labs in, 16and use of USFs, 73–74Vietnam, 329Rural Communications Development Fund(RCDF), Uganda, 186b4.7Russian Federation, 19Rwanda, 17, 71, 316SSAT3/SAFE. See South Atlantic 3/SouthAfrica Far East (SAT3/SAFE) cableSAT-3/WASC. See South Atlantic 3/WestAfrica Submarine Cable (SAT-3/WASC)satellite networks and technologies, 71, 72,144n16, 202–3, 238, 243n44and backbone networks, 214Maldives, 211b5.1Middle East and North Africa region, 310in postconflict countries, 318SBO. See services-based operators (SBO)Scalable Orthogonal Frequency DivisionMultiple Access (SOFDMA), 235SC-FDMA. See Single Carrier-FrequencyDivision Multiple Access(SC-FDMA)SEACOM. See Southern and East AfricaCable System (SEACOM)securityof CII, 130–31in cyberspace, 129–34, 145n29and digital literacy, 258of patient health information, 277, 288n31self-study, 250SENA. See Servicio Nacional deAprendizaje (SENA), ColombiaSE-NE-WE. See South East Asia-MiddleEast-West Europe (SE-ME-WE)networkSerbian Railways, 115Index 367