Africa's ICT infrastructure : building on the mobile revolution /
"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been a remarkable success in Africa. In just 10 years--dating from the end of the 1990s--mobile network coverage rose from 16 percent to 90 percent of the urban population and by 2009 nearly half of Africa's rural population was also...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Other Authors: | , |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2011.
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Series: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Infrastructure.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Access to Communications
- Institutions and Market Reform
- Financing
- Future Investment Needs
- Policy Analysis and Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Access to Telecommunications in Africa
- Access: Burgeoning, at Least for Mobile Telephony
- Prices: Falling, Where Competition Is the Rule
- Quality: Reliability Is a Problem
- Infrastructure: Bottlenecks Impede Growth
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Market Reform and Regulation
- Market Liberalization and the Development of Competition
- Private Sector Participation
- Regulation
- Reform and Performance
- Notes
- References
- Financing Telecommunications in Africa
- Private Financing of ICT Investment
- Public Financing of ICT Investment
- Notes
- References
- Future Investment Needs
- The Cost of Providing Basic Voice Network Coverage
- Wireless Broadband Infrastructure
- Notes
- References
- Policy Analysis and Conclusions
- Policy Analysis
- Recommendations
- Conclusion
- References.