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Africa's ICT Infrastructure : Building on the Mobile Revolution
| 题名： | Africa's ICT Infrastructure : Building on the Mobile Revolution |
| 责任者： | Williams, Mark D. J.；Mayer, Rebecca；Minges, Michael |
| 关键词： | Energy；Energy Technology & Transmission；Infrastructure Economics and Finance；Infrastructure Economics；Environment；Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases；Transport Economics Policy and Planning；Energy；Energy Production and Transportation；Transport |
| 学科分类： | 交通运输环境保护 |
| 摘要： | Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been a remarkable success in Africa. Across the continent, the availability and quality of service have gone up and the cost has gone down. 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; by 2009, rural coverage stood at just under 50 percent of the population. Although the performance of Africa's mobile networks over the past decade has been remarkable, the telecommunications sector in the rest of the world has also evolved rapidly. Many countries now regard broadband Internet as central to their long-term economic development strategies, and many companies realize that the use of ICT is the key to maintaining profitability. This book is about that challenge and others. Chapters two and three describe the recent history of the telecommunications market in Africa; they cover such issues as prices, access, the performance of the networks, and the regulatory reforms that have triggered much of the investment. This part of the book compares network performance across the region and tries to explain why some countries have moved so much more quickly than others in providing affordable telecommunications services. Chapter four explores the financial side of the telecommunications revolution in Africa and details how the massive investments have been financed and which companies have most influenced the sector. Chapter five deals with the future of the sector. The final chapter synthesizes the main chapters of the book and presents policy recommendations intended to drive the sector forward. |
| 出版机构： | World Bank |
| 完成日期： | 2011-06-23 |
| 报告类型： | 咨询报告 |
| 资源类型： | 科技（咨询、行业）报告 |
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