- A Gentle Plea to Telkom’s CEO
- We recently sent a request to Telkom to send us a map of their terrestrial fibre network in South Africa. This request was in the context of the AfTerFibre Project, which is attempting to... Read more – ‘A Gentle Plea to Telkom’s CEO’.
- Three reasons why M4D may be bad for Development
- Fair warning, this post is a slightly intemperate and possibly ill-advised rant but sometimes you just have to get something off your chest if only to enable someone else to tell you how wrong you... Read more – ‘Three reasons why M4D may be bad for Development’.
- AfTerFibreMapping Terrestrial Fibre Optic Cable Projects in Africa
- When I started putting together the African Undersea Cable Map about 3 years ago, I did it to solve my own problem. I couldn’t make sense of all the news articles about new undersea cable... Read more – ‘AfTerFibreMapping Terrestrial Fibre Optic Cable Projects in Africa’.
- 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?’.
- Fair Mobile – Two Years On
- In which I re-assert my self-appointed role of digitally holding African mobile operators’ feet to the fire for their rent-seeking behaviour. In today’s spotlight is Vodacom South... Read more – ‘Fair Mobile – Two Years On’.
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: African Terrestrial Fibre, afterfibre, Fellows Blogs, fibre, infrastructure, South Africa, Steve Song, Telecom Policy, Telkom
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: africa, development assistance, Fellows Blogs, ict4d, m4d, Steve Song, Telecom Policy
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: African Terrestrial Fibre, Fellows Blogs, Steve Song, Telecom Policy
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: auction, broadband, Fellows Blogs, South Africa, Steve Song, Telecom Policy
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: Fair Mobile, Fellows Blogs, mobile, pricing, South Africa, Steve Song, Telecom Policy