Africa - Internet and Fixed Broadband Market

Aug 27, 2014 : Bharat Book Bureau presents the new report, on "Africa - Internet and Fixed Broadband Market”, Additional international bandwidth has prompted telcos to invest in local backbone infrastructure upgrades to extend networks to population centres.

Executive Summary

Improved international connectivity reducing internet access pricing for consumers across the continent

A number of new international submarine cable links connecting nations on Africa’s east and west coast have considerably improved internet access to the continent. Terrestrial links have enabled land-locked countries to benefit from this connectivity by dramatically reducing the cost of services for telcos and customers alike. The new WASACE cable, linking Brazil and other South American landing points, connects directly with Angola, with branch lines to Nigeria and South Africa.

In addition to these developments, there continue to be improvements to the Central African Backbone (CAB), a $215 million program funded by the World Bank and the African Development Bank to build fibre-optic infrastructure serving 11 countries in the Central African region.

There have also been significant investments in building local Internet Exchange Points to reduce dependence on international connectivity for local internet services, so lowering the cost of developing local hosting and application development. A number of new IXPs, including that in Namibia (opened in May 2014) have been supported by the African Internet Exchange System, an African Union project implemented by the Internet Society. This wide-ranging program aims to have 80% of African users’ internet traffic exchanged within Africa by 2020.

Report highlights:

-Key developments in the internet and broadband sectors of African countries;

-Profiles of major Internet Service Providers (ISPs);

-Overview of DSL services and WiMAX networks, with pricing comparisons;

-Updates on CDMA-2000 network rollouts;

-Market developments relating to...