OA News: November 9, 2009
November 8, 2009 » NewsNo Comment
- Will the rates and tariff go down after the regulator steps in?
NCC set to review interconnect rates {The Guardian – Nigeria} - Ushahidi gets a mention in a NYT article on Twitter:
Refining the Twitter Explosion {The New York Times} - Globacom can now take advantage of the GLO-1 cable in Ivory Coast. It’s part of a larger plan to provide West Africa with broadband services:
Glo Awarded Cote d’Ivoire Licence {This Day Online} - The gay community in Uganda has turned to social media to gain support for anti-homosexual legislation:
Blogs, Facebook: Uganda gay’s last frontier {The East African} - Information can help prevent disease and other social ills. The Internet needs to be affordable to at least 50% of the population for this to happen:
Editorial: Country Has Lowest Internet Usage {East African Business Week} - The “EAC Regional Integrated eHealth Management System” is being formulated:
Health Sector Goes Digital, With Next Epidemic Alert a Click Away {The East African} - South Africa plans on building up SMEs online:
DOC wants to expand IT industry {ITWeb} - A run-down of African innovations including applications, solar power and WiMAX:
Technology fined tuned to Africa’s needs {The Africa Report} - It could be 3 years (post-EASSy and WACS) until this happens, however:
‘ADSL data will fall below R 29 per GB’ {MyBroadband.co.za} - A look at the outlook for fiber optic lines in South Africa. Two companies are examined:
Cheaper access to fibre {MyBroadband.co.za from Balancingact-Africa}
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