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WWTW: the world wide telecom web

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Arun Kumar,

Nitendra Rajput,

Dipanjan Chakraborty,

Sheetal K. Agarwal,

Amit A. NanavatiAuthors Info & Claims

NSDR '07: Proceedings of the 2007 workshop on Networked systems for developing regions

Article No.: 7, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1326571.1326582

Published: 27 August 2007 Publication History

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Abstract

The World Wide Web (WWW) enabled quick and easy information dissemination and brought about fundamental changes to various aspects of our lives. However, a very large number of people, mostly in developing regions, are still untouched by this revolution. Compared to PCs, the primary access mechanism to WWW, mobile phones have made a phenomenal penetration into this population segment. Low cost of ownership, the simple user interface consisting of a small keyboard, limited menu and voice-based access contribute to the success of mobile phones with the less literate. However, apart from basic voice communication, these people are not being able to exploit the benefits of information and services available to WWW users.

In this paper, we present the World Wide Telecom Web (WWTW) --- our vision of a voice-driven ecosystem parallel to that of the WWW. WWTW is a network of interconnected voice sites that are voice driven applications created by users and hosted in the network. It has the potential to enable the underprivileged population to become a part of the next generation converged networked world. We present a whole gamut of existing technology enablers for our vision as well as present research directions and open challenges that need to be solved to not only realize a WWTW but also to enable the two Webs to cross leverage each other.

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Reviewer: Andreas Schorr

Kumar et al. describe a conversational information system that is similar to the World Wide Web (WWW), but can be accessed, searched, and navigated completely without a personal computer (PC). Instead, it can be controlled using a mobile phone and speech commands. It will mainly be used in less-developed countries, where many people cannot afford or use PCs. The ideas in this paper are rather interesting and novel. However, the main problem is that the paper does not seem to contain any ideas in addition to what the authors have already presented in other papers, which are referenced. This paper is merely a very high-level summary of what the authors have described in other papers. However, even for a high-level summary, it does not contain enough technical details to allow a proper understanding of how the proposed architecture can be realized. The reader must also study the authors’ cited papers. Furthermore, the paper does not contain an evaluation of performance and scalability issues. The paper contains a couple of additional weaknesses, which are not severe. First, some references are given as footnotes, containing only a hyperlink instead of a full entry in the references section. Second, it is not necessary to refer to a Wikipedia article to explain the phrase “World Wide Web”; even if it were necessary, the authors should have given this reference with the first occurrence of the term in the text. Online Computing Reviews Service

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ISBN:9781595937872

DOI:10.1145/1326571

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