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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Williams, Mark D. J., 1972- (Author), Mayer, Rebecca (Author), Minges, Michael (Author)
Other Authors: Foster, Vivien, 1968- (Editor), Briceño-Garmendia, Cecilia (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2011.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Infrastructure.
Subjects:
Information technology > Africa.
Telecommunication > Africa.
Economic assistance > Africa.
Technologie de l'information > Afrique.
Télécommunications > Afrique.
Aide économique > Afrique.
Economic assistance
Information technology
Telecommunication
Africa
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.

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