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Broadband for Africa : developing backbone communications networks
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ISBN: 1282697781 9786612697784 0821381733 0821381725 Year: 2010 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa see broadband ICT as an essential part of their long-term economic development strategy. Backbone networks are the high-capacity networks that lie at the heart of communications systems and allow the delivery of the high volumes of data needed for broadband. What high-capacity backbone networks that do exist in the region are typically limited to major urban areas and some inter-city routes. Competition between backbone networks is underdeveloped so the price of services remains high and quality is often poor. This pattern of network development is the resu


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Africa's ICT infrastructure : building on the mobile revolution
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ISBN: 0821384546 082138676X 9780821384541 9780821386767 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been a remarkable success in Africa. In just 10 years-dating from the end of the 1990s-mobile network coverage rose from 16 percent to 90 percent of the urban population and by 2009 nearly half of Africa's rural population was also living within range of a mobile network. Large-scale investment in the sector across the continent has transformed telecommunications from a luxury enjoyed by a privileged few to a mass-market, low-cost service, used in villages and cities alike.Africa's ICT Infrastructure: Building on the Mobile Revolution char

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