Connectivity.

Research area 04 of 06

Coverage, quality, price and use: who is online in Liberia, how well, and at what cost.

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Each group follows one research question, led by a principal investigator, with each member’s part in the work named in the standard contributor roles.

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Broadband Quality Observatory

Measuring mobile broadband speed and latency county by county

Pairing drive tests with measurements from volunteers’ phones to map real network quality across the 15 counties.

  • Quality of service
  • Network measurement
  • Crowdsourced data
Field (OECD FORD)
2.2 Electrical, electronic and information engineering
SDG target
9.c · Universal and affordable access to the Internet
Standards
ITU-T E.800 · ITU Handbook
Members
5, led by Dr. Christopher Gaye

Members

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Affordability & Access

What does 1 GB cost a Liberian household, and who is priced out?

Tracking data prices against household budgets, measured against the “1 for 2” target.

  • Affordability
  • Pricing
  • Household budgets
Field (OECD FORD)
5.2 Economics and business
SDG target
9.c · Universal and affordable access to the Internet
Standards
“1 for 2” target · ITU Manual
Members
4, led by Dr. Elizabeth Nyan

Members

Recruiting

Rural Connectivity Models

Community networks and satellite backhaul for unconnected towns

Costing the ways a town without coverage could get online, and who would run and pay for each.

  • Community networks
  • Satellite
  • Last mile
Field (OECD FORD)
2.2 Electrical, electronic and information engineering
SDG target
9.c · Universal and affordable access to the Internet
Standards
ITU Manual · ITU Handbook
Members
4, led by Dr. Peter Kun

Members

The standards we work to.

Research in connectivity follows the published international standards below, so its methods and results can be compared and trusted anywhere.

  • ITU, 2020

    Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals

    The international method for household ICT surveys.

  • ITU, 2020

    Handbook for the Collection of Administrative Data on Telecommunications/ICT

    How operator and regulator data become comparable indicators.

  • ITU-T E.800

    Definitions of terms related to quality of service

    The shared language for measuring network quality.

  • UN Broadband Commission, 2018

    “1 for 2” affordability target

    1 GB of mobile data for no more than 2% of average monthly income.

Across every group

  • ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022

    CRediT, Contributor Roles Taxonomy

    Each member’s part in the work, named in the fourteen standard roles.

  • OECD, Frascati Manual 2015

    Fields of Research and Development

    The international classification each group is filed under.

  • United Nations, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals

    Each group names the SDG target its work serves.

  • World Conference on Research Integrity, 2010

    Singapore Statement on Research Integrity

    Honesty, accountability, professional courtesy and good stewardship in research.

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