- WGSDIA – Launch Gmail Zero
- This entry is part of a series, What Google Should Do In Africa» This is yet another post in a series in which I have the temerity to offer Google my unsought armchair strategic advice on what... Read more – ‘WGSDIA – Launch Gmail Zero’.
- The Importance of Being Local
- I’m a big fan of Huawei‘s website. Like any good company they publish information intended for their clients, mobile operators. Reading their publications from the perspective of a... Read more – ‘The Importance of Being Local’.
- Use Universal Service Funds to Pay for Civil Society Participation in Telecom Regulation
- Not quite a level playing field.Telecommunications markets are notoriously difficult to regulate effectively. Telecom operators wield a great deal of power thanks to their wealth and the... Read more – ‘Use Universal Service Funds to Pay for Civil Society Participation in Telecom Regulation’.
- 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’.
- Facebook Zero Helps Ideas Multiply at the Bottom of the Pyramid
- I am still frankly gobstopped by Facebook’s announcement. I vaguely caught the news of Facebook Zero but assumed it was just another mobile interface to Facebook. It was only when I read... Read more – ‘Facebook Zero Helps Ideas Multiply at the Bottom of the Pyramid’.
Written by: Steve Song
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Written by: Steve Song
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Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: africa, Fellows Blogs, ICASA, participation, regulation, regulator, Steve Song, telecom operators, Telecom Policy, universal service
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: africa, All Things Open, broadband, Fellows Blogs, infrastructure, Steve Song
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: Fellows Blogs, Steve Song, Telecom Policy