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How To Make The Digital Dividend Pay Out In Africa
Current television spectrum allocation Digital Divide, Digital Dividend, Digital Yadi-yadah.  You would be forgiven if the term Digital Dividend didn’t immediately resonate with you given the... Read more – ‘How To Make The Digital Dividend Pay Out In Africa’.

Written by: Steve Song

Posted in: africa, African Terrestrial Fibre, broadband, cable, Fellows Blogs, fibre, fibre optic, Steve Song, terrrestrial

AfTerFibre UpdateOctober 2011
This is a short summary of progress and learning from the first couple of months since launching AfTerFibre, a project to map terrestrial fibre projects in Africa. From the beginning AfTerFibre has... Read more – ‘AfTerFibre UpdateOctober 2011’.

Written by: Steve Song

Posted in: auction, broadband, Fellows Blogs, South Africa, Steve Song, Telecom Policy

Vodacom – Oh Really?
Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys seems like a nice guy.  I’ve never met him but you look at his picture and you think, here is a decent fellow.  Which makes it all the harder to credit his... Read more – ‘Vodacom – Oh Really?’.

Written by: Steve Song

Posted in: africa, All Things Open, broadband, Fellows Blogs, infrastructure, Steve Song

Open Access, Africa, and Yochai Benkler
Since the announcement of the EASSy undersea cable in 2005, Open Access has been a term of significant debate in the development of undersea cable initiatives and in the general strategic development... Read more – ‘Open Access, Africa, and Yochai Benkler’.