[governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT

[jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr]

Lee MC Knight wrote

 



 

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) ?

 

And BTW do you know that when African regulators carry out a registration control process almost 20 % are "illegal" for any reason.

 

The actual figure of African mobile users is currently approximately 360 million (cf ITU, UNDP, Unesco data) for a population that nears 800 milion. So, please, recalculate you staiistics.

 

Best

Jean-Louis Fullsack






> Message du 17/12/12 03:09
> De : "Lee W McKnight" 
> A : "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" , "McTim" , "Suresh Ramasubramanian" 
> Copie à : "jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr" , "michael gurstein" 
> Objet : RE: [governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT
> 
> 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.
> 
> And, the fact that Sub-Saharan Africa has presently the highest growth rate in the world is is also nice to see. 
> 
> Internet is not yet at that level of course, but... 
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> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:12 PM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Suresh Ramasubramanian
> Cc: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr; michael gurstein
> Subject: Re: [governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT
> 
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> wrote:
> > doption of mobile telephony hasn't been driven by the smartphone users as it
> > has by a large number of poor people - manual laborers, fishermen,
> > maidservants and such. It gives them independence and access to information
> > which helps them add far more value to their lifestyle than an executive is
> > helped by his blackberry or ipad.
> 
> 
> plus access to banking services/mobile money.
> 
> "How happy these Africans are, thanks to mobile and the Internet" is spot on.
> 
> Have you ever met any that are unhappy about it? I have not, and I
> was there for many years.
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> 
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
> 
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