Tucker, William DavidWesterveld, Rudi2015-09-282015-09-282015Tucker, W. D., & Westerveld, R. (2015). ICT4D and Local Access. In R. Mansell & H. A. Peng (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society (1st Edition, pp. 365-368). John Wiley & Sons.9781118767771http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1680Local access in the context of regions in the global South continues to undergo transformation due to the growing ubiquity of mobile connectivity and the recent appearance of what have been termed “inverse” telecommunication infrastructures, that is, bottom-up, self-organized, user-driven, and decentralized networks (Egyedi, Vrancken, & Ubacht, 2007).The “last mile” traditionally is defined in countries and regions in the global North in a telecommunications context as the physical connection between a subscriber and the nearest telephone exchange.enThis is the author version of the of a book chapter published by Wiley. The original publication is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118767771.wbiedcs016TelecommunicationTelecommunication infrastructureFourth-generationLTE (Long Term Evolution)Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)Mobile networkMobile communicationNyandeni municipalitySouth AfricaMobile bandwidthBook chapter