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<p>Lee MC Knight wrote</p>
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<p><Re Africa mobiles, reaching 80% penetration Q1 2013 is an amazing accomplishment in reaching near universal service in a short time,></p>
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<p>Unfortunately this isn't reality ! You are confusing mobile penetration -i.e. ratio mobile users vs total population- and number of SIM cards vs total population. Do you know that an African mobile user/consumer may have "several" SIM cards for any reason (too long to explain) ?</p>
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<p>And BTW do you know that when African regulators carry out a registration control process almost 20 % are "illegal" for any reason.</p>
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<p>The actual figure of African <strong>mobile users</strong> is currently approximately 360 million (cf ITU, UNDP, Unesco data) for a population that nears 800 milion. So, please, recalculate you staiistics.</p>
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<p>Best</p>
<p>Jean-Louis Fullsack<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /></p>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #ff0000 2px solid;">> Message du 17/12/12 03:09<br />> De : "Lee W McKnight" <br />> A : "governance@lists.igcaucus.org" , "McTim" , "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <br />> Copie à : "jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr" , "michael gurstein" <br />> Objet : RE: [governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT<br />> <br />> Re Africa mobiles, reaching 80% penetration Q1 2013 is an amazing accomplishment in reaching near universal service in a short time, even if there are still large areas with no coverage. Still, fact we are approaching a billion mobile subscribers in Africa doesn't get as much attention as it deserves imho.<br />> <br />> And, the fact that Sub-Saharan Africa has presently the highest growth rate in the world is is also nice to see. <br />> <br />> Internet is not yet at that level of course, but... <br />> ________________________________________<br />> From: governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of McTim [dogwallah@gmail.com]<br />> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:12 PM<br />> To: governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Suresh Ramasubramanian<br />> Cc: jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr; michael gurstein<br />> Subject: Re: [governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT<br />> <br />> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian<br />> wrote:<br />> > doption of mobile telephony hasn't been driven by the smartphone users as it<br />> > has by a large number of poor people - manual laborers, fishermen,<br />> > maidservants and such. It gives them independence and access to information<br />> > which helps them add far more value to their lifestyle than an executive is<br />> > helped by his blackberry or ipad.<br />> <br />> <br />> plus access to banking services/mobile money.<br />> <br />> "How happy these Africans are, thanks to mobile and the Internet" is spot on.<br />> <br />> Have you ever met any that are unhappy about it? I have not, and I<br />> was there for many years.<br />> <br />> --<br />> Cheers,<br />> <br />> McTim<br />> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br />> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br />> <br />> <br />> ____________________________________________________________<br />> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br />> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br />> To be removed from the list, visit:<br />> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing<br />> <br />> For all other list information and functions, see:<br />> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance<br />> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br />> http://www.igcaucus.org/<br />> <br />> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t<br />> </blockquote>