Tackling Africa’s digital divide

Lavery, M. P. J. et al. (2018) Tackling Africa’s digital divide. Nature Photonics, 12(5), pp. 249-252. (doi: 10.1038/s41566-018-0162-z)

Abstract

Innovations in ‘sustainable’ photonics technologies such as free-space optical links and solar-powered equipment provide developing countries with new cost-effective opportunities for deploying future-proof telecommunication networks.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Lavery, Professor Martin and Mansour Abadi, Dr Mojtaba and Kelly, Professor Anthony
• Authors: Lavery, M. P. J., Mansour Abadi, M., Bauer, R., Brambilla, G., Cheng, L., Cox, M. A., Dudley, A., Ellis, A. D., Fontaine, N. K., Kelly, A. E., Marquardt, C., Matlhane, S., Ndagano, B., Petruccione, F., Slavík, R., Romanato, F., Rosales-Guzmán, C., Roux, F. S., Roux, K., Wang, J., and Forbes, A.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• Journal Name: Nature Photonics
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• ISSN: 1749-4885
• ISSN (Online): 1749-4893
• Published Online: 26 April 2018
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
• First Published: First published in Nature Photonics 12(5): 249-252
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