Telecommunications markets are notoriously difficult to regulate effectively. Telecom operators wield a great deal of power thanks to their wealth and the effectively hold they have on their markets whether through landlines or spectrum licenses…
Since the announcement of the EASSy undersea cable in 2005, Open Access has been a term of significant debate in the development of undersea cable initiatives and in the general strategic development of communication infrastructure…
I am still frankly gobstopped by Facebook’s announcement. I vaguely caught the news of Facebook Zero but assumed it was just another mobile interface to Facebook. It was only when I read Erik Hersman’s post…
Today I want to push back a little (just a little) against the conventional wisdom that mobiles are the only communications infrastructure future for Africa. There is an implicit understanding in ICT4D work in Africa…
“Africa Burns for a Village Telco” is the subject line of an email sent to me from Bruce Strover. And really who could resist a subject line like that especially if the Village Telco has…