An International Comparison of Cell Phone Plans and Prices
October 14, 2010Chiehyu LiBincy Ninan-MosesCell phones are intertwined with our lives no matter where we are in the world. The New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative (OTI) recently...
View ArticleMobile Plans Too Expensive in America, Says Group | Wired
October 18, 2010... Receiving phone calls is free in most countries, except U.S. and Canada–that’s why the rate per minute is doubled for these two countries, say Chiehyu Li and Bincy Ninan in a paper...
View ArticleComments on Addressing Policy and Logistical Challenges to Smart Grid...
Author(s): Bincy Ninan-MosesBenjamin LennettSascha MeinrathLisa MargonelliNovember 1, 2010The New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative (“NAF”) respectfully submits these comments in response...
View ArticleFull Spectrum Community Media
Expanding Public Access to Communications Infrastructure February 9, 2011Joshua BreitbartTom GlaisyerBincy Ninan-MosesJames Losey Image Credit: clix (stock.xchng) This paper, developed by the Open...
View ArticleBroadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Evaluation: Is a story...
Now that the rush toward implementation of BTOP-funded public computer centers and digital literacy programs around the country is turning into a rush to make long-term sustainability plans, partners...
View ArticleAllied Media Projects and the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition: Building a...
“Often the most holistic solutions come from places with fewer resources. When people are deeply rooted in their communities, they think about how technology and media can support local solutions,”...
View ArticlePittsburgh CONNECTS Charts a Better Digital Future with Public Computer Centers
As part of an ongoing effort to understand the broader impact of Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grants, this week the Open Technology Initiative takes a look at a collaborative...
View ArticleDevelopment as Freedom: An Alternative Framework for ICT Program Evaluation...
People across the world are experimenting with ways to leverage technology for economic development and social change. These projects, often referred to as Information and Communication Technologies...
View ArticleOTI Finds Social Support and Program Offerings Linked to Adoption
The Open Technology Institutes’s preliminary analysis of the digital literacy programs within the Freedom Rings Partnership (FRP) shows that staff, training, and public computers centers provide...
View ArticleCommotion Travels to India for first International Workshop
The Open Technology Institute traveled to Dharamshala, India the first week of June for the first international Commotion Wireless workshop. Working with our local hosting partner AirJaldi, we convened...
View ArticleCommotion Field Test: Pop-up mesh network, downtown Washington, DC
Introduction:During a lunch hour in downtown Washington, DC, the Open Technology Institute set up a proof of concept network for distributing Internet service to a public space using a mesh network of...
View ArticleCommotion Wireless as a Community Technology: Lessons from Community...
The Open Technology Institute (OTI) gathered innovative community technologists and organizers from India and Nepal for the first international Commotion workshop in June, 2013. By gathering...
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