It is the first deployment of solar-powered base stations working together with TV white spaces, a technology partially developed by Microsoft Research, to deliver high-speed Internet access to areas currently lacking even basic electricity.
We have basic utilities, electricity, gas, water, fuel for our cars.
They will need cell towers and servers, large data centers, specialized software, legions of trained personnel and reliable supplies of basic resources like electricity and Internet connectivity.
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Some of the conditions we have to work and operate in for long periods of time lack basic things like electricity and running water, before you get on to providing the security that we're there to do.
But reports say basic supplies such as electricity and water are limited.
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After all, anyone who travels internationally knows that there are dozens of plug designs that accomplish the same basic function: delivery of electricity to a power cord.
Already Jenkins has been doing some basic (by gas or electricity standards) arbitrage plays such as contracting for capacity at known chokepoints in the national telecommunications grid to take advantage of price spikes, as well as selling short in areas with a looming glut.
Basic services such as water and electricity remain luxuries, while 25% of the population lives in poverty.
So we decided to relocate the street hawkers - putting them in hawker centres, with proper sewers, and providing them with basic amenities, like water, electricity, fridges, lighting and so forth.
Many live in the most basic of shacks - without water, electricity or sanitation.
Basic infrastructure, such as proper roads and electricity, are required to make these technologies work.
This money will be spent to restore the capacity of basic public services such as water supply, electricity importation, water sanitation, heating plants and road repair.
Many schools in Sub-Saharan Africa have limited, or no, access to basic services such as drinking water, toilets and electricity.
Governments should also encourage investment in knowledge-supporting infrastructure, which ranges from smart electricity grids and broadband internet networks to basic research and university education.
The basic idea is, is that we're still using an electricity grid that dates back 100, 150 years ago.
With their budgets gutted by austerity programs pushed by the IMF and World Bank and unable or unwilling to tax the rich, city governments cannot provide basic services needed by this swelling urban mass such as water, electricity, and infrastructure.
Basic social indicators such us life expectancy, mortality rate, and water and electricity availability rank alongside countries with twice the income per person.
The most basic benefit it offers is the ability to improve parallel processing without sucking up a lot of electricity.
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