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Friday, December 20, 2019

Short Article: How the price of bandwidth can be cut in African countries

Title:
How the price of bandwidth can be cut in African countries

Author:
Clement Prince Addo

Published:
TechXplore, 18 December 2019

From the article:
"African countries are listed among those with the lowest internet speed yet with the most expensive communication and internet cost in the world.

Africa is on record to have had the fastest growing mobile telecommunication market over the years. But the continent still has the lowest mobile penetration. And developments in Africa's telecommunications sector happen in cities and urban centers. Service providers argue that it's not economically feasible to roll out a network to cover an entire country.

But various advanced technologies are emerging to reduce the cost of internet provision and to increase accessibility."

To read more:
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-12-price-bandwidth-african-countries.html