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The African Mobile Story.
Africa and especially Sub-Saharan Africa has during the past decade witnessed one of the fastest growing markets in mobile communication. This growth is recognized to have played a pivotal role in Africa's socio-economic development. It has had a huge impact on residential living patterns; on b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aalborg :
River Publishers,
2014.
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| Colección: | River Publishers series in communications.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN COMMUNICATIONS; Tittle
- The African Mobile Story; copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Some Policy Considerations in the Light of Mobile Broadband Development in Africa; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 More Wireless Broadband Connections than Fixed; 1.3 Mobile Broadband Generally Cheaper than Fixed; 1.4 Mobile is faster than Fixed Broadband; 1.5 Arising Policy Concerns; 1.5.1 International Bandwidth, National Backbone and Backhaul Networks; 1.5.2 Access Network; 1.5.3 Broadband Pricing and Affordability.
- 1.5.4 Quality of Service1.5.5 Public Private Interplay and Regulatory Interface; 1.6 Conclusion; 2 The Impact of Liberalization on the Mobile Telephony Market in Africa: the Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Market Reforms; 2.2.1 Short Overview of Market Reforms in Africa; 2.2.2 Privatization; 2.2.3 Liberalization; 2.2.3.1 Pre-Liberalization Level of Mobile Penetrationin Africa; 2.2.3.2 Post- Liberalization Level of Mobile Penetration in Africa; 2.3 Case Studies; 2.3.1 Pre-Regulator Mobile Market in Ghana; 2.3.2 Post
- Regulator Mobile Market in Ghana.
- 2.3.3 The Ghanaian Mobile Telephony Market Today2.3.4 Conclusion; 2.4 Conclusion; 3 Telecommunications in Africa
- Regulation, Technologies, and Markets; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Telecommunications Regulatory Trends; 3.3 Telecommunications Technology Deployment; 3.4 Market Trends; 3.5 Summary; 4 The Prepaid Mobile Market in Africa; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Advantage and Disadvantages of Prepaid; 4.3 Mobile Financials: Africa vs. the Rest ofWorld; 4.4 Challenges for the Prepaid Market; 4.5 Marketing and Product Development of Prepaid; 4.6 Similarities between Europe and Africa.
- 4.7 Competition, Consolidation, and Cooperation4.8 The Case for Consolidation; 4.9 Why not have the Government Provide Mobile Communications?; 4.10 Carrier's Carrier Model; 4.11 Investment and Corporate Structure; 4.12 Innovation, Devices and the Prepaid Market; 4.13 Solutions; 4.13.1 Ways for an Operator to Improve the Prepaid Business Case; 4.13.2 How to Address the Multi SIMWorld; 4.14 Conclusion; 4.15 Appendix; 5 Mobile Devices Vulnerabilities: Challenges to Mobile Development in Africa; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Mobile Devices and Vulnerabilities; 5.3 Applications Vulnerabilities.
- 5.4 Twitter Security5.5 The Facebook Security; 5.6 Security in Mobile Social Media; 5.6.1 Mobile Malware; 5.6.2 iOS Vulnerabilities; 5.7 Possible Solutions; 5.8 Conclusion; 6 Achieving Scale and Sustainability in M-health Solutions for HIV/AIDS in Africa; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Scaling Up and Sustainability of Health Promotion Programs; 6.3 Methodology; 6.3.1 Materials; 6.4 HIV/AIDS in Africa; 6.5 Mobile Phones and M-health in HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa; 6.6 Challenges for Scale and Sustainability; 6.6.1 Individual Level Barriers; 6.6.2 Organisation/Institutional Controls.