Electromagnetic spectrum is the crude oil of last-mile connectivity, especially in Africa where more traditional kinds of last-mile communication infrastructure are not especially well-developed. As in the oil business, anyone who has gained control of…
Last week I attended an event in Dakar entitled the TV White Spaces Africa Forum 2013. It was an event organised and largely sponsored by Google in partnership with a number of other organisations including…
If you google “televisions white spaces”, you’ll see a small storm of news generated last week by the FCC’s finalising the rules for the use of television white spaces spectrum in the U.S. TV white…
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…
This is an introduction to a series of posts on what I think Google ought to be doing in Africa, that is to say what I think they ought to be doing outside of their…