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Articles & Analysis | A new direction: Draft policy will lay out the technology sector’s future from The Report: Nigeria 2012
The future structure of information and communications technology (ICT) in Nigeria is taking shape. Following national elections in 2011, a new minister, Omobola Johnson was selected to lead the Ministry of Communications Technology (MCT), the main government body overseeing the sector. The emergence of a draft national policy on ICT in the wake of...
Articles & Analysis | Applied theory: Developing the nation’s local mobile content from The Report: Nigeria 2012
Even a small fraction of a dynamic market of some 101.8m SIM cards, according to May 2012 data from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), can lead to large scale profits. Thus while smartphones account for a mere 5% of the market – over 5m users – intense competition for a share of the mobile app segment is spreading to Nigeria and users’...
Chapter | IT & Telecoms from The Report: Nigeria 2012
Transforming Nigeria into a knowledge-based economy is the central goal of the government’s policy on ICT. Mobile use is the main means of access, with around 92m users, and numbers could grow significantly as other devices become available. While there are a number of opportunities to develop the Nigerian IT sector, the field is not without some challenges, including those arising from the lack...
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Qatar 2012
The telecoms market is still relatively young in terms of market-driven competition. The market entered a new phase in 2009, when Vodafone Qatar began to operate as the second telecoms provider, bringing an end to Qatar Telecom’s (Qtel) monopoly. The resulting competition has sparked more innovation and brought higher-quality service. Indeed, mobile penetration rates now stand at 142%. Landline...
Articles & Analysis | Stay receptive: A move towards mobile technology is redefining the sector from The Report: Gabon 2012
In a country with a population of 1.5m, Gabon’s four operators are fiercely competing to grab market share. After an aborted attempt to introduce 3G technology through a biding process, the Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (Agence de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes, ARCEP) granted a...