Spectrum auctions are widely regarded as “best practice” in the assignment of wireless frequencies where demand exceed availability yet, as of 2013 among African countries, only Nigeria had successfully conducted a spectrum auction. This is…
Does effective spectrum management make a real difference when it comes to more pervasive and affordable access to communication? In this post I look at the spectrum management regimes in four African countries: Kenya, Nigeria,…
Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys seems like a nice guy. I’ve never met him but you look at his picture and you think, here is a decent fellow. Which makes it all the harder to…
In which I re-assert my self-appointed role of digitally holding African mobile operators’ feet to the fire for their rent-seeking behaviour. In today’s spotlight is Vodacom South Africa. Vodacom recently announced their Annual Report for…