Global Information Society Watch 2018: Community Networks

This publication is one of the seminal resources on CNs, and a must-read. There are 8 thematic reports, followed by 43 country reports. The thematic reports cover topics including technology options, legal frameworks, telecommunications regulation, financial sustainability, sustainable access, power, feminist infrastructure, and local content and decentralization. More: GISWatch 2018 focuses on local access models, specifically, community networks as self-organized, self-managed or locally developed solutions for local access, based on the conviction that one of the keys to affordable access is giving local people the skills and tools to solve their own connectivity challenges. It comprises 43 country reports and eight thematic reports.