Completing the Revolution the Challenge of Rural Telephony in Africa

Abstract

WSIS didn't mention basic telco in 2003 basic principles! lower teledensity in rural areas hidden in national stats - most growth is urban mobiles are still expensive for rural users right to communicate cost of renting a connection landline is 20% of gdp per cap in africa, 9 in the world, 1% in devceloped nations prepay is key