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SUMMARY:Internet Connectivity in the Global South: Challenges and Lessons 
 Learned - Andres Arcia-Moret\, AMD - former researcher at UCAM
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DESCRIPTION:Although a large majority of the global population is connecte
 d to the Internet\, this is not the case for the Global South\, where less
  than 25% of people have access. In this talk\, I will present some of the
  fundamental challenges we have addressed during several years of work in 
 Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). I will
  discuss our research on Spectrum Scarcity\, Resource Sharing\, and Inform
 ation Availability as key enablers of Internet connectivity in underserved
  areas.	\n\nAndres is a former Senior Research Associate at the Department
  of Computer Science and Technology\, University of Cambridge. He has also
  been affiliated with the University of Los Andes - Mérida\, Venezuela\, 
 lecturing and participating in academic initiatives in various Latin Ameri
 can countries including Colombia\, Ecuador\, Haiti\, Guatemala\, and Argen
 tina.\n \nBased in various research institutions and universities in Europ
 e and Latin America\, Andrés has worked on one of the fundamental problem
 s of the future internet: how it can be scaled to the vast\, underserved a
 reas where two-thirds of the world’s population lives through the develo
 pment of sustainable and low-cost solutions."
LOCATION:GN06\, William Gates Building. Zoom link: https://cl-cam-ac-uk.zo
 om.us/j/4361570789?pwd=Nkl2T3ZLaTZwRm05bzRTOUUxY3Q4QT09&from=addon 
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