A1. Rice,
R.E. & Parker, E. (1979). Telecommunications alternatives for
developing countries.
Journal of Communication, 29(4), 125-136. Reprinted in
G. Gerbner
& M. Siefert (Eds.), (1983). World communications: A handbook
(pp. 262-276). New York: Longman.
A large and growing body of research and reports
has addressed the
range
of development applications a telecommunications system can support
(see
7 and 11 for reviews). Some of the proposed and empirically
demonstrated benefits
are related to the primary function of telecommunications: to provide
communication
links for a geographically dispersed population. In addition, knowledge
may
be generated and distributed in greater and more equal amounts and
travel
and transport cost can be greatly reduced by transmitting information
instead.
In this article three models of satellite systems are compared and
contrasted
with other communications systems to show their most efficient and
economical
forms.
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