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 Core Contributors

Jane Butler, who is lead editor of this version of the book. Jane is currently President of the private Foundation called networktheworld.org which promotes and supports the growth of Internet connectivity around the world mainly by supporting wireless projects and training http://wirelessu.org. Jane is also head of industrial collaboration and outreach at University College London. Jane holds an Honours Degree in Engineering, is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Technology.

Jane can be reached at janesbutler@networktheworld.org

Ermanno Pietrosemoli. Ermanno is currently a researcher at the Telecommunications/ICT for Development Lab of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, and President of Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes "EsLaRed", a non- profit organization that promotes ICT in Latin America through training and development projects. EsLaRed was awarded the 2008 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award by the Internet Society. Ermanno has been deploying wireless data communication networks focusing on low cost technology, and has participated in the planning and building of wireless data networks in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad, U.S.A. and Venezuela. He has presented in many conferences and published several papers related to wireless data communication and is coauthor and technical reviewer of the book "Wireless Networking for the Developing World" freely available from http://wndw.net. Ermanno holds a Master's Degree from Stanford University and was Professor of Telecommunications at Universidad de los Andes in Venezuela from 1970 to 2000.

Ermanno can be reached at ermanno@ictp.it

Marco Zennaro. Marco received his M.Sc. Degree in Electronic Engineering from University of Trieste in Italy. He defended his PhD thesis on "Wireless Sensor Networks for Development: Potentials and Open Issues" at KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. His research interest is in ICT4D, the use of ICT for Development.