GSR 08: Session 6 End-User Sharing

Dr. Michael L. Best Georgia Institute of Technology What is End-User Sharing?

„ End-user sharing: In usual operation the end-user is aware of or indeed the application is predicated on sharing something with other end-users. Today’s End-User Sharing Taxonomy of Sharing Phone Sharing ƒ Unmanned phone box ƒ Village Network Operator (VNO) ƒ Public Call Office (PCO) ƒ Village Phone Operator (VPO) ƒ VoIP telecentre services Phone Sharing ƒ Most people today (still) gain phone access via some form of sharing. ƒ A common national sharing rate can be four users per subscriber. Phone Sharing (PCO/STD/ISD)

ƒ India’s PCO/STD/ISD ƒ Millions of facilities nation wide ƒ In 92% of villages ƒ Key to success: 80/20 revenue sharing Phone Sharing (Grameen Phone)

ƒ Bangladesh’s Grameen Phone ƒ Pro-poor: entrepreneur average net income of $624 ƒ Pro-poor: use among poor 50% higher than non- poor Going Beyond Voice

Sharing text, data, incoming voice, location, money, handsets …. Going Beyond Voice

ƒ VPO’s experience significant levels of incoming SMS messages destined for others (South Africa study shows eight-to-one). Going Beyond Voice

ƒ Agricultural information services ƒ E.g. Manobi (Senegal), SHEMP (Zambia), Tradenet (pan-Africa) ƒ Provide farm prices, trading options, input sourcing…. ƒ Removes the middleman Going Beyond Voice ƒ M-commerce ƒ E.g. GCash (Philippines), M- PESA (Kenya), WIZZIT (South Africa) ƒ Provide for unbanked, savings, funds transfer, remittances, PoS purchases…. Going Beyond Voice ƒ Advanced (mobile 2.0) sharing ƒ E.g. Dodgeball, Jaiku, Twitter, FireEagle, SLAM, Myspace, Orkut, Facebook …. ƒ Share location- based services, picture and other rich media sharing, social networking…. The Role for Regulators

ƒ Low-barriers to entry for entrepreneurial sharing ƒ Revenue sharing terms critical ƒ Entrepreneur training significant ƒ Think well beyond outgoing voice ƒ Incoming voice, text, data, money, location… ƒ Sharing always comes with security & privacy issues Computer Sharing

ƒ Telecentres provide common means of sharing: Equipment, network, expertise, community. ƒ Broad range based on: Location, service bundle, organizational model. Computer Sharing (Infocentros) ƒ Coordinated by Chilean regulator (SUBTEL) ƒ Provide “a public community facility with ICT capabilities and communication to access and/or generate content and services relevant to the community in which it is located” ƒ Over 700 centers, 1 million users, 4000 computers Computer Sharing (Telecentros)

ƒ Compartel program of Colombia ƒ Privately run facilities with computers, phones, etc ƒ Over 1,500 centers Going Beyond Telecentres

ƒ Single display groupware ƒ Multiple inputs single output ƒ E.g. mutli-mouse system ƒ Can enhance learning outcomes, cooperation, and retention Going Beyond Telecentres

ƒ Co-present groupware ƒ Both multiple input and output devices ƒ E.g. split-screen system targets SME’s ƒ Just emerging Going Beyond Telecentres

ƒ Advanced (internet 2.0) sharing ƒ Sharing rich media, live streams, social networks, and more ƒ E.g. YouTube, MySpace, digg, del.icio.us, moodle, flickr, wikipedia, blogspot…. The Role for Regulators

ƒ Low-barriers to entry for entrepreneurial sharing ƒ Entrepreneur training significant ƒ Think well beyond telecentre ƒ Innovations to support sharing for pedagogy, community, assistive needs ƒ Sharing always comes with security & privacy issues Conclusions: End-User Sharing Can…

ƒ Reduce costs ƒ Increase access ƒ Enhance collaboration and communication ƒ Provide assistance for people with special needs ƒ Support novel applications and innovative services ƒ Improve learning outcomes Conclusions: And Regulators Should…

ƒ Ensure market is complimented and not constrained by end-user sharing ƒ Protect consumers with minimal service levels ƒ Guard data privacy and security ƒ Deliver on universal service aspirations by leveraging shared resources ƒ Enable human and infrastructure capacity building ThankThank you!you! [email protected]

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