Tag: infrastructure
How to Lower Costs on State-Owned Fibre Networks in Africa
TLDR; Create a vehicle for smaller operators to become part-owners of state-owned fibre backhaul networks “It costs more to get data to the coast than it does to get it the rest of the way to Europe!” Since the arrival...
Africa Telecoms Infrastructure in 2015
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Annual ReviewWelcome to the 2nd annual review of telecommunications infrastructure development in Africa. Last year was my first attempt at painting a big picture of communication infrastructure development on the continent and...
Project Link: A Deeper Dive
It’s no secret that I am a fan of Google’s Project Link. I’ve written about why I think it can play a critical role in breaking down the barriers of mistrust among operators and how Open Access fibre infrastructure is...
Fibre And Other Laws of Infrastructure
Last Sunday, I was fortunate enough to participate as a representative of NSRC at an event at the United Nations to mark the launch of the US State Department’s new Global Connect initiative. My co-panelists were Cathy Novelli, Toomas Henrik Ilves, Jakaya...
Open Access Infrastructure and the Cost of Mistrust
Recently I’ve been writing about the relationship of openness and trust in open movements which has led me to think more about the strategic role of trust in general. Now I find that almost every problem I try to analyse...