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The countries below contain a historic archive of information on the state of the internet that is now three years old. For some countries, the information has remained largely the same whereas for others considerable change has occurred. However it can still be used to identify organisations involved in developing the internet and to understand the historic development of the Internet in Africa. For up-to-date (but "pay-for") information click here: There are special rates for students and universities.

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This is an area where you can download longer articles and reports of interest. These will be updated as new material becomes available.

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This IDRC-supported research study looks at how complaints by African consumers in the telecoms and Internet sectors are dealt with and what input consumer organisations are able to make into policy for these sectors. It is based on a survey of 30 African countries and includes detailed case studies of Kenya, Senegal and South Africa.

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This chapter from the ITU's Global Trends in Telecommunications Reform 2005 examines the market and regulatory implications of the shift to IP networks and outlines the different types of responses regulators are making to VoIP calling.

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Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Subbiah Arunachalam look at the use of Open Access archiving as a way of improving scientific capacity building.

If you have updates or interesting material to add, please send it to info@balancingact-africa.com

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ISSUE NO 460

East Africa’s mobile competition cauldron grinds up new entrants and spits them out

With news that Tanzania’s seventh mobile operator Sasatel is entering the market, East Africa is proving to be a testing ground for high levels of mobile market competition. Those countries with four or more operators have been extremely good for consumers but are exacting a heavy toll on new entrants. Russell Southwood looked behind the smoke of this battle to see what’s actually happening.
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TELECOMS

Seventh mobile operator has launched operations in Tanzania

Telecom operator Dovetel Limited last week lunched under the brand name Sasatel as the seventh company to provide mobile telephony services in the country.
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INTERNET

Somali Pirates Hold Back Seacom Cable, new opening date is 23 July

Pirates off the coast of Somalia have scuttled plans for the long- awaited Seacom cable to be switched on this month because a cable-laying ship was unable to enter some treacherous territories.
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COMPUTING

Ban On Used Computers Comes With Mixed Fortunes in Uganda

According to the recently read budget, used computers will no longer be seen in our shops after the three-month grace period has elapsed.
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ON THE MONEY

Telkom South Africa needs to improve performance of loss-making Nigerian business

The number one priority of Telkom is to improve the performance of its Multi-Links business in Nigeria, the telecommunications giant said last Tuesday.
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WEB AND MOBILE DATA NEWS

Rural Wireless Network Success in Tanzania

The first evaluation of a pilot in Tanzania to provide affordable Internet access to rural communities through a shared wireless (mesh) community network has been completed, and the results look promising.
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BACK ISSUES

ISSUE 459

Fibre backbone cables spreading across the continent should lead to cheaper traffic between countries

ISSUE 458

Belgacom ICS to launch GSMA approved international M-money services called Home Send for mobile carriers this summer

ISSUE 457

East African mobile operators outsource call centres and HR to concentrate on winning competition battle

ISSUE 456

Kenya’s Pasha Centres initiative seeks a new way to reach out into un-serviced areas

ISSUE 455

Strategies for shrinking former incumbents : double or quits in Togo, Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville

ISSUE 454

Getting ready for the Big Change - Putting the local into African services and applications

ISSUE 453

Going virtual - Africa’s maturing markets offer new wholesale and retail service opportunities

ISSUE 452

Africa’s rapid mobile Internet growth will drive network expansion and media spend

ISSUE 451

Low-cost phone and voice operator bounces back with entrepreneur support from Cisco

ISSUE 450

M-Money services a huge success in Kenya but waiting for their breakout moment elsewhere


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This page last updated on June 28 2009.

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