telecommunications reform

It’s not enough to have a pushy broadband policy in Tanzania

TANZANIA 13 October 2009 (John Mireny for APCNews)

By most standards, Tanzania’s information and communications technology (ICT) policy looks ambitious. In just six years, it wants to make the country a hub of telecommunications infrastructure to help build the economy and end poverty. But John Mireny argues that when it comes to broadband, this vision lacks practical application, and is out of step with the real limitations on the ground….

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Communication for influence in Central, East and West Africa (CICEWA)

By APC (September 2009, APC )
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A review of telecommunications policy and challenges in Rwanda

By Albert Nsengiyumva and Emmanuel Habumuremyi (September 2009, APC )
This report examines the implementation of telecommunication reforms in Rwanda, with particular attention paid to broadband issues.
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Bringing affordable telecommunications services to Uganda: A policy narrative and analysis

By Wairagala Wakabi (October 2009, APC )
This report analyses the challenges faced by the Uganda telecommunications sector in creating a healthy market structure, encouraging efficient and affordable services, and delivering services to the poor. It is divided into three parts.
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Kenya Communications Amendment Act (2009): Progressive or retrogressive?

By Rebecca Wanjiku (September 2009, APC )
This report unpacks this mixed reception to the Kenya Communications Amendment Bill (2007), outlining the media’s objections as well as the government’s response, and contextualising the tension between the two historically. At the same time, it asks whether the sector’s positive response to the Act was misplaced, given some worrying inconsistencies and omissions.
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Privatisation on its own can be dangerous, workshop told

JOHANNESBURG 29 July 2008 (Alan Finlay for APCNews)

Privatisation without regulation does not necessarily improve service delivery, and may even decrease access to information and communication technology for the poor. This is the view of US-based academic and ICT policy analyst Robert Horwitz, who was speaking at a one-week research workshop held in Johannesburg in July 2008. Horwitz is no newcomer to South Africa, or to the politics behind antennas, cables and wires.

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