<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Great point Olivier. Opening up big data from operators could also be extremely valuable although I put it in a slightly different category from infrastructure data because of the very high duty of care to ensure that individual and even group privacy is respected. Mere anonymisation of the data is not sufficient as patterns in data can still reveal personally identifiable information. It can be done but requires a great deal more care. This is something that ResearchICTAfrica (<a href="https://researchictafrica.net">https://researchictafrica.net</a>) are working on.<br><br></div>You may be aware of the research done by Sean McDonald on the release of call data records during the Ebola crisis. Essential reading.<br><a href="https://cis-india.org/papers/ebola-a-big-data-disaster">https://cis-india.org/papers/ebola-a-big-data-disaster</a><br><br></div>Cheers... Steve<br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 March 2018 at 08:18, 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">Hi Steve,<div><br></div><div>Your article and ideas are brilliants. You should consider also opening data from operators as it has been done in Senegal with Orange to find patterns in order to adapt infrastructure and services. Operators are sitting on huge datasets which could be useful to improve quality of life.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Olivier</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-03-15 17:45 GMT+01:00 Steve Song <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevesong@nsrc.org" target="_blank">stevesong@nsrc.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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/" target="_blank">https://manypossibilities.net/<wbr>2017/06/the-case-for-open-data<wbr>-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"><div><div class="m_3878197225418076190h5">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></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_3878197225418076190h5"><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_3878197225418076190m_4381919761246548349m_-268560343787317450m_8406777317098593129gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div>
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