Analysis of Public Private Interplay Frameworks in the Development of Rural Telecommunications Infrastructure: A Multiple-Case Study

In recent times, rural communities around the globe have been involved in the facilitation of Broadband infrastructure delivery. In this report some of these initiatives from Ghana, USA, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden and India are studied. The essence of the study was to understand how more of these initiatives can be facilitated around the globe using Public Private Interplay. This initiative will supplement current market efforts facilitated by the Public, Private or a combination of Public-Private effort to facilitate Broadband Internet infrastructure Globally. The outcome of this report was the development of PPI models that can facilitate the facilitation of rural Broadband internet infrastructure in rural areas globally and in the specific potential deployment cases - Ghana and Nigeria. This report is relevant to National policy makers, International Donor Agencies, Telecom Network operators and relevant Broadband market stakeholders.

The topics discussed in this report includes

Public-Private Interplay

Public Private Partnership

Universal Access and Services

Broadband Internet Infrastructure

Stakeholder Theory

Actor Network Theory

Grounded Theory