[governance] Africa, ICT and electricity

[Milton L Mueller]

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From: Bertrand de La Chapelle [mailto:bdelachapelle at gmail.com] 
If mobile telephony becomes the main communication channel, will that not mean that Internet access will remain much rarer and more expensive in these countries ? 

No, because of the rapid pace of digital convergence it means that the Internet will come to them via handhelds. 3G and 4G bandwidths, WiMax and various Asian standards that compete with the (WiBro is the Korean one, and the Chinese standard whose name I can’t remember). 

What this does mean is that radio spectrum management policies in Africa and other developing countries become critical aspects of the internet access debate.


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