Project TUCAN3G - GSMA Awards

TUCAN3G is an Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. The project proposes to study, from the twofold technological and socio-economical perspectives, the progressive introduction of mobile telephony and data services in isolated rural areas of developing countries, by taking advantage of new wireless technologies for the access network.It also proposes the installation of a demonstration platform in the Peruvian jungle to verify the solution, enable the verification of business model hypothesis and results, and serve as a general showcase.