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…
“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…
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…
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,…
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…