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Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: africa, economic, evidence, Fellows Blogs, impact, mobile, Research, social, Steve Song, Telecom Policy, What I'm Reading
- Will the Real Mobile Impact Please Stand Up
- I’ve just finished reading Jenny Aker and Isaac Mbiti’s Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa. This is an excellent paper and well worth the read. The authors have done a... Read more – ‘Will the Real Mobile Impact Please Stand Up’.
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: africa, broadcasters, Fellows Blogs, policy, regulation, serendipitous re-use, South Africa, Steve Song, Telecom Policy, television white spaces, white spaces
- Africa and Television White Spaces
- If you google “televisions white spaces”, you’ll see a small storm of news generated last week by the FCC’s finalising the rules for the use of television white spaces... Read more – ‘Africa and Television White Spaces’.
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: Fellows Blogs, Steve Song, Telecom Policy, Village Telco
- The Importance of Being Local
- I’m a big fan of Huawei‘s website. Like any good company they publish information intended for their clients, mobile operators. Reading their publications from the perspective of a... Read more – ‘The Importance of Being Local’.
Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: africa, Fellows Blogs, ICASA, participation, regulation, regulator, Steve Song, telecom operators, Telecom Policy, universal service
- Use Universal Service Funds to Pay for Civil Society Participation in Telecom Regulation
- Not quite a level playing field.Telecommunications markets are notoriously difficult to regulate effectively. Telecom operators wield a great deal of power thanks to their wealth and the... Read more – ‘Use Universal Service Funds to Pay for Civil Society Participation in Telecom Regulation’.