A 10-week Google study at the University of Ghana found that mobile internet users with greater price transparency were able to go online 7% more often and spend 19% less on Internet credit than a control group.

Ericsson aggressively projects that, by 2020, Sub-Saharan Africa will see 75% of mobile subscriptions as WCDMA/HSPA/LTE (3G or 4G).

Market research report summaries give a snapshot of current mobile access and provide a near-term telecoms outlook for Sub-Saharan African markets.

In 2014, there is a trend in African telcommunication markets towards data offerings. At least eight countries have introduced prepaid bundle services.

In the African context, home internet access statistics should be looked at with a wary eye. Mobile broadband is a better barometer for change.

A new study of thousands of mobile phone users in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe finds that mobile phones, though still underutilized, are contributing to an increase in reading.