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Broadband Spreading Across Africa

Published date: 
7 Mar 2012

 Africa has been the world’s fastest growing region over the last decade in terms of mobile penetration. While fixed line penetration has stagnated at 4% in the continent, mobile has grown at an astonishing rate to 45% with North Africa leading at 73%. However broadband is lagging behind considerably when compared to other continents.

The reason: lack of an adequate infrastructure and high costs of service provisioning. Currently the average broadband penetration in Africa is only 1.5% with South Africa leading at approximately about 3%. Owing to coverage restrictions and lack of bandwidth, large parts of the region continue to witness connectivity delivered via satellites or mobile technology. Lack of bandwidth availability and limited connectivity with rest of the world has arrested the development of Africa and has constrained the continent from achieving its full potential.

KZN Promises Broadband Boom

Published date: 
7 Jul 2009
Ina Cronje, MEC for Economic Development and Tourism in Kwa-Zulu Natal has stated that  the provincial government needs to make the appropriate technology choice to help transform the healthcare sector and link systems with mobile devices.

Government Should Drive Broadband

Published date: 
4 May 2009
Intel believes Government should create the environment for broadband deployment

Thousands Of South Africans Sign Up To Campaign For Cheaper Broadband

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 13:58
Publisher: 

Association for Progressive Communication

Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.apc.org/
Author: 
KAH
Published Date: 
2009
Abstract: 
South Africa is on the eve of a major broadband infrastructure roll-out. Affordable broadband can have a significant impact on the country's socio-economic, political, cultural and educational development; but broadband penetration in South Africa lags behind countries with a similar level of development such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Turkey.
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What Broadband Users Want

Published date: 
5 Jan 2009
South African broadband users say they don't just want high speed and low cost from their broadband providers but are also asking for higher caps and better usage of networks. 

The UK Plugs into Web TV

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Thu, 12/06/2008 - 16:28
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/eMarketer
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 

One of the most astonishing results in a market so new is that, overall, 52% of respondents who had watched TV or video online said they would be interested in watching TV and movies on their laptops "on a regular basis." This points to a genuine boom in online viewing of prime content, which should strengthen the commitment of content owners and Internet players to develop workable standards and business models.

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