Mirroring the trend throughout Africa, Ghana’s telecommunications industry is mostly driven by activity in the mobile segment. But the business also has a high level of competition that benefits from a liberalised market regime and a robust regulatory framework. The sector is crowded, with six operators in the lower to-middle-income country of 25m people, but this has...
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Articles & Analysis | Expanding subscribership and basic infrastructure make the market ripe for investment from The Report: Ghana 2014
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Paarock VanPercy, Director-General, National Communication Authority (NCA) from The Report: Ghana 2014
What are the main challenges facing the transition from analogue to digital TV broadcasting?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Neal Hansch, Managing Director, Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Incubator from The Report: Ghana 2014
What can be done to create an enabling environment for information technology start-ups?
Articles & Analysis | The expansion of bandwidth, fibre optics and tower sharing is facilitating the roll-out of new initiatives from The Report: Ghana 2014
While in the past broadband uptake within Ghana was constrained by a limited national fixed-line network and high connectivity costs, access over the past half decade has dramatically improved with the landing of undersea fibre links and the introduction of wireless and 3G – and more recently 4G – technologies. The cables have made bandwidth speeds and prices far more...
Articles & Analysis | The introduction of 4G is set to bring increased speeds and data use from The Report: Ghana 2014
In February 2013 Ghana issued three new broadband wireless access licences to three local companies: Surf Line, Gold Key Properties and G-Kwik. Costing $6m each and initially valid for 10 years, after which time they will be subject to a renewal fee, the licences were allocated for long-term evolution (LTE) spectrum in the 2500-MHz to 2690-MHz band. They also come with...
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Ghana 2014
Ghana’s telecommunications industry is mostly driven by activity in the mobile segment. But the business also has a high level of competition that benefits from a liberalised market regime and a robust regulatory framework. The sector is crowded, with six operators in the lower to-middle-income country of 25m people, but this has not stopped operators from rolling out new infrastructure and...