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LTE insurgent challenger Smile does a hard launch in Tanzania and will open its network on a wholesale basis to other operators

Smile Communications has put in place the first public roll-out in Africa of LTE in 800 MHz spectrum in Tanzania and has ambitious plans to roll out in the same spectrum in three more countries. This week it moved from soft to hard launch status in Tanzania and the other 3 countries will follow. Russell Southwood spoke to founder and CEO of the company Irene Charnley.

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Broadcast

Stronger regulation should be the lever to eliminate those TV channels that do not meet high standards from the race, says OIF’s Tidiane Doh

French organisations have played a key role in supporting both culture and media in Africa in a way that has little parallel amongst other former colonial powers. One of the key organisations is l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF for short in French). This week Balancing Act’s Broadcast Analyst Sylvain Beletre spoke to journalist and writer Tidiane Doh, who heads up its media programme which supports radio and television in francophone Africa.

Q. What were the founding objectives of the OIF?

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Reports

Mobile apps for Africa: Strategies to make sense of free and paid apps (July 2011)

The 131 pages report contains 15 illustrated boxes, 26 tables, 39 charts and 2 maps. It is divided into three distinctive parts: Part 1: The users, the device and the usage; Part 2: The developers and the content; Part 3: Distribution platforms and distribution strategies. The report analyses the nascent apps ecosystem in Africa while providing an analytical framework allowing African mobile operators or other stakeholders to decide on what strategy to adopt regarding mobile apps.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Data Centre Markets in Africa (Jan. 2011)

Data Centre Markets in Africa - Review of the commercial facilities, challenges and opportunities in 2011

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Energy for Cellular Base Stations in Africa: the quick fix approach and the long term perspective to saving energy (Feb. 2011)

The cost of operating base stations is often well over 20% of OPEX. This report looks at the different technologies available to cut this cost and at the advantages, disadvantages and likely payback period.

 

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