Multipurpose community telecenters

Multipurpose Community Telecenters are telecentre facilities, which provide public access to a variety of communication and information services, such as libraries and seminar rooms.[1] They are promoted by many governments and organisations including the International Telecommunications Union.[2] They are generally introduced to try to bring access to information and communication technologies in rural communities, but often find significant obstacles in the high cost of connectivity, low digital literacy in the community and high maintenance costs, and are thus forced to shut down. Out of 23 of the MCT's built in rural Mexico, only 5 were working 2 years later.[3]

References
  1. Marshall, Stewart; Taylor, Wallace; Yu, Xing Huo (2004). Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 101. ISBN 978-1-59140-132-2. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. Gurstein, Michael (1999). Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies: Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 427. ISBN 978-1-930708-49-5. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. Hilbert, Martin R. (2001). Latin America on Its Path Into the Digital Age: Where are We?. United Nations Publications. p. 85. ISBN 978-92-1-121309-6. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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