1 “Multi-Services Platform for Remote and Rural Communities” by Karim Lakhani President & CEO Advanced Interactive “Multi-Services Platform for Remote and Rural Communities” by Karim Lakhani President & CEO Advanced Interactive INTERNET

2 A Canadian R&D-based solution that addresses the connectivity challenges of digitally underserved communities, in Canada, and around the world A Canadian R&D-based solution that addresses the connectivity challenges of digitally underserved communities, in Canada, and around the world L-Band Receiver Internet Low Speed or No Connection High Speed Connection ISP provider Satellite Uplink 1-way or 2-way Satellite service Education, Healthcare, organization, or Community Ai’s KDE Technology “Knowledge Delivery Engine”

3 Our Installations ● Over 150 installations worldwide – American Samoa, Canada, Dubai – Ghana, India, Jordan, – Kenya, Pakistan, Nigeria, – Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, – Tahiti, Turkey, Tonga, Uganda, – USA

4 Recognized By Industry Research Institutions ● Invited to speak by the Federal Communication Commission Forum on “Making the Rural Connection” on “Distance Learning and Telemedicine”, Jan 27, 2004 ( ● Invited to speak by Communication Research Center Canada at the “Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunication Conference”, April 25, 2006 on “The Next Generation of Information Technologies.”

5 Student Infrastructure Content Training Community ICT Dilemma (Information and Communications Technology) ICT Dilemma (Information and Communications Technology)

6 one Consolidating multiple Servers into one totally integrated ICT Server (Information and Communications Technology)

7 CommunityAxxess A financially self-sustainable solution CommunityAxxess A financially self-sustainable solution Internet College Wireless Base Station BAND OFFICE Community Services Telco 2-way Satellite Remote Management TeleCenter or Internet Cafe Homes Businesses Health Centre

8 Gilgit. Pakistan

9 AKDN Institutions Connected in Gilgit ● AKCSP, AKESP, AKHSP, ● AKHSS, AK Hospital, AKPBS, ● AKRSP,CLRC, DJ Girl’s High School, ● ICT, PDCN, Serena Hotel, ● Shah Karim Hostel

10 AKDN Institutions Before CommunityAxxess in Gilgit ● Each institution had subscribed to their own low speed Internet connection; ● Limited number of services at each institution (low speed browsing, , some institutions had file services and internal web hosting); ● No collaboration between IT staff of different institution; ● No professional support services.

11 AKDN Institutions After CommunityAxxess in Gilgit ● One high speed satellite/fiber Internet connection shared by all Institutions thereby reducing cost and providing high speed access to information and services; ● Wireless connection between all institutions; ● Huge number of services available to each institution (External Web Server, Internal Web Server, Web Filtering, Secure Web Server signed by Ai, E- Mail Server (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Webmail, Anti-Spam Filter, Anti-Virus), Web Pages for all users, Proxy/Caching Server, PBX, File Server, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, Advanced Learning Management System ); ● IT staff collaborating with each other; ● Access to 24/7 professional support services; ● Overall benefits include reduced costs, increased services, and most important of all, high speed access to Interactive Multi-Media Rich Educational Information.

12 Internet Web Server 1 Web Server 2 Web Server 3 Web Server 4 Non-Caching Model

13 Localized Content

14 Internet Web Server 1 Web Server 2 Web Server 3 Web Server 4 Sites Requested from Web Servers 1,2,3,4 are cached locally, effectively delivering the cached sites at LAN speeds Internet sites are effectively delivered at LAN speeds Policy Based Caching

15 Several technical service personnel Traditional School Network Internet District Office Severs School 1 School 2 Centralised Network Model

16 Monitoring System District Office Ai Consolidated Server –all Server types eg Webserver, DNS Server, Mail Server File Server caching Server etc, are incorporated into 1 box Internet Distributed Network Model

17 Local Search Engine

18 Delivery of Content Traditional The Sage on the Stage Model 21 st Century The Guide on the Side Model Delivery of Content

19 ● Moodle is an alternative to proprietary commercial virtual learning environments, and is distributed free under open source licensing ● Similar feature set to proprietary packages ● Uses a browser based interface modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment Learning Management System (LMS)

20 Assignment Choice Dialogue Forum Glossary Chat Journals Range of activities and resources Brief Overview

21 Brief Overview People Group assignment Logs Calendars Files Help Enrolment keys Management of learning Brief Overview

22 Brief Overview Labels Lessons Quizzes Resources (any electronic file, or range of embedded formats) Surveys Workshops Range of activities and resources Brief Overview

23 Provides the optimal teaching & learning experience for Learners- Delivers cultural based local curriculum Providing optimum learning experience by delivering information in interactive multi- media format. Learners retain and process information better through Interactive Media Empowers local teachers and allows them to manage and control content Optimizes skills and passion of local educators Faculty / students have high- speed access to all kinds of multi-media resources Specific benefits for Education E-Learning

24 ● Providing the optimal teaching & learning experience – Delivers “master” teachers globally – Empowers local teachers/faculty – Optimizes skills and passion of local educators – Students graduate with a “differentiated” accreditation ● Building a virtual campus model – narrowing the divide – Facilitates new international educational relationships – Fosters global view with traditional values retains control without taking control – Partner university retains control without taking control – Faculty / students have high-speed access to all resources Enabling Distributed Distance Learning Partnerships

25 ● Community empowerment ● Community media centre – Radio broadcast – Cultural preservation – Emergency broadcast ● Employ local resources ● Sensitive to local requirements: for example, Education & Tourism ● OffNet/OnNet solution – Local voice, video, data routing ● Minimizes Backhaul expense through caching ● Can facilitate remote management Local/Regional Server

26 BusinessAxxess can securely extend Post Office, Banking, or Retail Branch networks Mac Network Operations Center ATM Ethernet PC POS ATM Linux Telephone Fax Ai Axxess Server DVB TDMA INTRANET PBX Data Server Telephone INTERNET

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29 - Affordable - Totally integrated solutions from off-the-shelf elements - Developed for digitally underserved communties - Reliable – highly available, accessible anytime - Flexible: - Adapts to dynamic needs of education, healthcare, businesses - Leverages existing PC’s and peripherals (wherever possible) - Supports differentiated experience for students, faculty, partners, and business customers - Sustainable – Local people trained to operate the system – remotely managed, monitored, and content can be encrypted ● Replicable – easily duplicated in other organizations or remote communities ● Scaleable – each solution configured to local needs and scales across Linux- based Intel & RISC processors for the needs of larger institutions Ai Axxess - low-cost Distributed Delivery model

30 ● Local Entrepreneur becomes ISP (wireless, wires, and dial-in) to its local residents ● VoIP provides community-tariffed long distance voice services ● Local, VOIP phones in the community. Become alternative to Telco. ● Telecenter and Internet Café create drop-in center for youth to meet and work together – Every community member has account and web page – Every subscriber has a personal folder to store digital objects ● Providing services to all members of the Community (Council Office, School, College, Health Center, Police, Businesses, Homes) Services for Financial Self-Sustainability

31 ● Internet - , Browsing etc ● Telecommunications- Telephone, VoIP, Fax, Printing ● Distance Education via Learning Management System ● Health Care Services ● Tele-Justice-Police Services, Virtual Court ● Internet Café-Drop in center, Youth Centre ● Programming specifically designed for each community ● Local FM Radio Station with Emergency Broadcast ● Wireless Coverage Over a Huge Area Summary of CommunityAxxess Features

32 Features of Ai’s KDE Servers Educational LMS remotely monitored & managed for a reliable user experience All-in-One totally integrated server resides locally unified voice, data, Internet, messaging affordable, sustainable, available, all the time flexible, Internet dialing using VoIP All-in-OneKDE-basedservers Delivery of Telemedicine Learning Management System Delivery of Tele – Medicine and Tele -Justice Locally provided Telco services with VoIP calling rates for long distance services Unified voice, data, Internet, Messaging over a 30km radius Local FM Radio Station Telecenter and or Internet cafe All-in-One totally integrated server resides locally

33 Thank You Advanced Interactive Providing the Knowledge Delivery Engine for the global information age