Africa Telecoms Magazine - February 2011
Smart phone outlook in Sub Saharan Africa: 2010 marked the beginning of change Broadband penetration remains dismally low in Sub Saharan Africa. According to Frost & Sullivan, broadband penetration in Sub Saharan Africa was less than 4%. DSL access stalled before it could actually accelerate and while fibre deployment is…
Tempering the vibrant, high growth African market with the more mature, conservative appetite of the South African market makes for an interesting balancing act. Brett Haggard take a closer look at MTN’s operation in South Africa and finds out that even in a lower growth market, voice and the data…
The past 12 months can be written off as a dull kind of year for the telecoms industry, with economic turbulence making many players happy to survive rather than thrive. The chief development for Africa was undoubtedly the belated entry of the Indians, as Bharti Airtel took over the bulk…
If technology exhibitions were mythical cartoon characters, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas every January would undoubtedly have to be Godzilla. Bigger than any other technology trade show in the world, more brutal on attendees’ feet than a marathon and more taxing on their minds than a…
This issue of Africa Telecoms is looking at back at the high and low points of the Telecoms Industry in Africa for 2010 and what’s in store for 2011. As a whole, what do you think the most positive and negative events were for the year? What were the highlights…
On 20 January 2011, Red Bull, of energy drink, Formula One and Extreme sports fame heralded its arrival into the South African mobile market with the launch of Red Bull Mobile. The company will become South Africa’s second Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), through a partnership with Cell C and…
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