Abstract:

A new satellite-based infrastructure for delivering digital audio and multimedia
content across the developing world has clear implications for social and
economic development in Ethiopia. WorldSpace Corporation has created a system that uses satellites to broadcast information directly to small, inexpensive receivers. When connected to a personal computer, these receivers function as wireless modems, enabling the transmission of data, text and images without using the public-switched telephone network, which is insufficient and even nonexistent through much of rural Ethiopia. The applications of this infrastructure include the provision of information to advance education, healthcare and agricultural productivity in Ethiopia.

Biography:

Noah A. Samara is the founder of WorldSpace Corporation, the world's leader in the field of satellite direct radio. Mr. Samara established WorldSpace in 1990
with the purpose of creating information affluence for developing nations.
Today, WorldSpace, with satellites in operation serving Africa and Asia, is
working to fulfill this mission.