Spectrum Auctions Are Killing Competition And Failing Rural Access
If you are reading this, you are already within a narrow cross-section of people whose eyes have not rolled up into their heads at seeing the term “spectrum auctions” in a headline. The rules of how wireless spectrum is made...
How to Mine My Africa Telecom News Data
For the last five years, I’ve published an annual review of African telecommunications infrastructure development. These reviews are based on news articles I collect over the preceding twelve-month period. All of the articles I bookmark are stored with structured metadata...
Rethinking Affordable Access
Everyone needs affordable access to communication. Affordable access strategies that don’t target everyone end up magnifying the digital divide in a kind of Matthew effect: those with affordable phone/internet services have access to ever increasing education resources, opportunities, services, social...
Africa Telecoms Infrastructure in 2018
Welcome to the 5th annual review of telecommunications infrastructure development in Africa. This review combines my analysis of the last 12 months as well as links to over 350 articles covering a range of African telecom infrastructure development issues in...
Fibre Feudalism
Rapidly growing demand for broadband is changing the landscape of African telecommunications infrastructure. This change has been enabled by the spread of both undersea and terrestrial fibre optic infrastructure, as well as the proliferation of low-cost smartphones, which can deliver...