Tag: Spectrum
The Failure of Spectrum Auctions in Africa
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 perhaps not surprising as spectrum...
Dynamic Spectrum in 2015 Wrap-up of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit
“The Calm Before The Storm” was the subtitle I used to describe my experience of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance’s Global Summit in 2014. Fast forward to 2015 where I have just returned from this year’s Global Summit in Manila, which...
How To Let GSM Serve The People That Other Networks Can’t Reach
Mobile telephony has transformed access to communication in emerging markets. In 1994, there were more telephone lines in New York City than in the whole of Africa. These days, about two thirds of the population in sub-Saharan Africa is covered...
Spectrum Safari!
Previously I’ve written about why experts find it so hard to agree on spectrum regulation. However there is one aspect of spectrum that I haven’t touched on and that is the fact that radio waves are invisible, which turns out to be...
Dynamic Spectrum in Africa in 2014 The Calm Before the Storm
It seems like ages ago but it was less than a year ago that Google sponsored a forum on TV White Spaces in Africa in Dakar. I wrote an article on the state of TV White Spaces in Africa based on that...
