Comments on: Satellite Coverage in Africa

By: satellite internet

satellite internet — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:50:00 +0000

Africa’s telecomm industry would move so much faster if it wasn’t for those governments. Catchy name for the website by the way…

By: Benin Mwangi

Benin Mwangi — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:03:06 +0000

Absolutely fascinating!

The way that they have color coded it presents a strong case, roughly only 12 out of 54 nations are liberal in this area according to what I am seeing on the map. I am very surprised to see that Zimbabwe is more liberal than S. Africa in Satellite communications

By: Simon Columbus

Simon Columbus — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:36:03 +0000

Interesting map!

But on the liberalization of the telecommunication infrastructure: We didn’t have free competition in Germany until this decade…

By: lova

lova — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:33:01 +0000

Thank you Hash for this precious information.
I was trying to make the same point that satellite coverage might be one way around the lack of landlines coverage here
http://rakotomalala.blogspot.com/2007/08/need-for-africa-to-catch-up-in-world-of.html
WRT that point, the information you shared is priceless.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:32:41 +0000

Way cool, I've been looking for a map like this. Also but restrictive telecom policies stop this from supporting Africaâ€s development. Yeah this is going to be a problem. I hear one of the reasons land connections aren't developing is largely because of politics of this sort. I haven't done the calculations, but I still think land lines are going to be crucial, but satellite will go a long way for now.