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Wireless Transcoder
The need to access
the Internet from within low-bandwidth infrastructures:
3.6 billion consumers live in a top
20 emerging market where the average, per capita,
International Bandwidth is low2 (International, 2004).
|
Country |
International Bandwidth per
100 Inhabitants (Mbps) |
Low International Bandwidth
Population
(July 2004 est.)
|
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S. Korea |
361.5 |
48,598,175 |
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Israel |
213.7 |
6,199,008 |
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Poland |
163.6 |
38,626,349 |
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Argentina |
149.6 |
39,144,753 |
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Chile |
131.6 |
15,823,957 |
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Thailand |
87.2 |
64,865,523 |
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Russia |
61.2 |
143,782,338 |
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Mexico |
56.9 |
104,959,594 |
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Malaysia |
53.8 |
23,522,482 |
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Brazil |
53.7 |
184,101,109 |
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Peru |
45.6 |
27,544,305 |
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Venezuela |
27.3 |
25,017,387 |
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Colombia |
12.7 |
42,310,775 |
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S. Africa |
12.4 |
42,718,530 |
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Philippines |
11.2 |
86,241,697 |
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Egypt |
10.9 |
76,117,421 |
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Turkey |
10.6 |
68,893,918 |
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China |
7.3 |
1,298,847,624 |
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Indonesia |
2.7 |
238,452,952 |
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India |
1.6 |
1,065,070,607 |
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Total |
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3,640,838,504 |
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Canada |
2,841.8 |
32,507,874 |
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United States |
1,323,6 |
293,027,571 |
Wireless Internet appliances are used
to a high degree from within, emerging market, low bandwidth infrastructures.
In the top 24 emerging markets there are 532 million main telephone lines in use3
(Main, 2004). By comparison there are 603 million cellular subscribers4
(Cellular, 2004). Wireless Internet appliances are used in abundance within
these market spaces. Transcoders are often used to translate HTML Web sites into
formats compatible with wireless devices. This can eliminate the need to create
separate wireless Web sites and save money.
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The Tie to More Accessible
ICT Design: |
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The W3C’s Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines were designed to help make Web sites more
accessible by people with disabilities. Accessibly designed Web sites
transcode more accurately, easily and inexpensively into formats
compatible with wireless Internet appliances. |
References:
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UB Access URL:
http://www.ubaccess.com/
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International Telecommunications
Union. (2004). Digital Access Index (DAI). Retrieved
in September 2004 from the Web:
High:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/dai/high.html#top;
Upper:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/dai/upper.html;
Medium:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/dai/medium.html;
Low:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/dai/low.html
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Main Telephone Lines. (2004).
International Telecommunications Union. Retrieved in
September 2004 from the Web:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/at_glance/main03.pdf
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Cellular Subscribers. (2004).
International Telecommunications Union. Retrieved in
September 2004 from the Web:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/at_glance/cellular03.pdf
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