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

[Lee W McKnight]

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%..."

http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mea12atkearneyafricapresentation.pdf

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.

Lee
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From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr [jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 9:36 AM
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Subject: RE: [governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT




Lee MC Knight wrote



<Re Africa mobiles, reaching 80% penetration Q1 2013 is an amazing accomplishment in reaching near universal service in a short time,>



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
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> 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
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> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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