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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:10pt">I stand corrected; or rather AT Kearney should correct themselves ; ): "Africa had more than 730m mobile subscriptions, corresponding to a SIM-card penetration rate of more than 65%..."<br>
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<a href="http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mea12atkearneyafricapresentation.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mea12atkearneyafricapresentation.pdf</a><br>
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But yeah thanks Jean Louis, I should have checked a few more sources...still, the contrast from 5 years ago never mind 10, is striking.<br>
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Lee<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 17, 2012 9:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Lee W McKnight; McTim; Suresh Ramasubramanian<br>
<b>Cc:</b> jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr; michael gurstein<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT<br>
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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>
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<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>
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> And, the fact that Sub-Saharan Africa has presently the highest growth rate in the world is is also nice to see.
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> <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>
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> <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>
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> Have you ever met any that are unhappy about it? I have not, and I<br>
> was there for many years.<br>
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> --<br>
> Cheers,<br>
> <br>
> McTim<br>
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