Starlink and Inequality
Note: Une version française de cet article est disponible ici grâce aux efforts de Vincent Roger-Machart. Who could say no to a project that promises internet access for everyone? Starlink, a global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, has dominated the press this year with announcements of their service availability...
A Game of Stones
In 2019, the World Bank estimated that it would cost US $100 billion to achieve broadband access for all in Africa. While efforts to understand the cost of connectivity investment are noble, they have the unfortunate side effect of making one think of the challenge as a monolithic problem; that...
Africa Telecoms Infrastructure in 2022
Welcome to the 9th annual review of telecommunications infrastructure development in Africa. This edition containing links to over 390 articles covering a range of African telecom infrastructure development issues.
Saving TVWS
How do technologies die? There is no announcement of their demise. Like Homer Simpson, they simply fade back into the bushes. Acronyms like ISDN and WiMAX used to dominate telecoms news headlines but today you would never know they existed. Billions of dollars have been spent on technologies that never...
Africa Telecoms Infrastructure in 2021
Welcome to the 8th annual review of telecommunications infrastructure development in Africa. It is hard to believe that another year in which most of us have operated remotely, spending large parts of our days in front of our web cameras. This is my summary of the highlights telecom infrastructure development...