<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Olivier,<br></div><div><br>That's great to see.  It would be fantastic to see Open Data principles extended into the world of telecommunications.  <br><br><a href="https://manypossibilities.net/2017/06/the-case-for-open-data-in-telecoms/">https://manypossibilities.net/2017/06/the-case-for-open-data-in-telecoms/</a><br><br></div>Liberia is a great example of the need for transparency in this sector as the relative inaccessibility of information on mobile infrastructure directly impeded ebola relief efforts.<br><br></div>Kind regards... Steve Song<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 March 2018 at 13:18, Olivier Alais <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olivier@alais.org" target="_blank">olivier@alais.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Dear all,</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I have been working recently with Daniel Nogueira-Budny on the Open Data Readiness Assessment in Liberia. The Columbia/SIPA Journal of International Affairs has just published our analysis<span> </span><a href="https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/preparing-data-driven-revolution-liberia" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">here</a>.<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Best,</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Olivier</div><br class="m_-268560343787317450m_8406777317098593129gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div>
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