[WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: New Book: Wireless Networking in the Developing World - Arabic Edition]

[Bill McIver]

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Subject: 	New Book: Wireless Networking in the Developing World - Arabic 
Edition
Date: 	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:29:45 -0000
From: 	Anas TAWILEH <anas at tawileh.net>
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PRESS RELEASE

 

/Wireless Networking in the Developing World///

- Arabic Edition**

 

/25 February, 2008: Cardiff, United Kingdom// and Cairo, Egypt/

 

/One book can often be equivalent to a library, particularly in the 
developing world.//./

/ /

Today, the Arabic edition of the "Wireless Networking in the Developing 
World" book is released, following the significant success of the first 
English edition, to bring the book to the millions of Arabic speaking 
audiences.

/ /

The Arab world is in an urgent need today for effective solutions to 
address the challenges of providing communication services and Internet 
connectivity.  Evidence shows that complex and expensive solutions are 
often doomed to fail, and that simpler, low cost alternatives should be 
actively pursued to enable everyone without discrimination to enjoy the 
fruits of the emerging information and communication technology revolution.

 

Wireless technologies offer an attractive option to satisfy the 
communication and networking requirements in all environments, 
particularly rural and remote areas where the feasibility of wired 
communications infrastructures is questionable. These technologies have 
been exploited creatively in innovative projects to grant access to the 
wealth of information available in the Internet to millions of people 
around the world, in addition to creating unique opportunities for 
dialogue, learning and work.

 

This book provides an excellent introduction to the most important 
theoretical concepts required to understand the behaviour of wireless 
networks, in addition to practical guidance on how to apply these 
concepts to design and build low cost wireless networks. It also offers 
plenty of expert advice to help the reader avoid many problems and save 
time.  Moreover, the book contains several case studies to demonstrate 
the feasibility of wireless technologies in real world situations.

 

This book is the corner stone for an ambitious project to bring wireless 
networks, along with its promises and potential, to the Arab region, to 
overcome the language barrier and reach out to everyone who would like 
to learn or contribute to the use of these technologies in building an 
equitable knowledge society. As of today, this project contains:

 

    * "Wireless Networking: A Primer": a short guide for the essential
      concepts in wireless networking and how they could be applied in
      designing and building wireless networks
    * Multi Media Training Kit -- Wireless Networking in Arabic: an
      excellent supplement to the book for educational, training and
      capacity building purposes
    * The Arabic Wireless Networking in the Developing World website:
      the meeting point for wireless enthusiasts in the Arab world. The
      website includes a discussion forum and references to several real
      world projects

 

To maximise its reach, the book is released free of charge under a 
Creative Commons Atribution-ShareAlike license, which allows anyone to 
freely download, copy, update or redistribute the book.

This work was supported by the International Development Research Centre 
(IDRC) and Networktheworld.org, translated by Anas TAWILEH and reviewed 
by Dr. Adel El ZAIM.

Website of the Arabic edition: www.lasilky.org <http://www.lasilky.org/>

Website of the English edition (and other languages): www.wndw.net 
<http://www.wndw.net/>

 

 


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-- 
William McIver, Jr, PhD (Bill)        
Senior Research Officer, People-Centred Technologies
National Research Council Canada -- Institute for Information Technology
Organizing Chair ISTAS 08 / http://istas08.ca | E-mail: Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca


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