LIRNEasia » African Telecommunication/ICT Indicators 2008: At a Cro http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Africa: Fastest Growing Market For Mobile Phones?? http://lirneasia.net/2008/05/africa-fastest-growing-market-for-mobile-phones/ http://lirneasia.net/2008/05/africa-fastest-growing-market-for-mobile-phones/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 08:10:53 +0000 Chanuka Wattegama http://www.lirneasia.net/?p=2524 Africa is the world’s fastest growing market for mobile phones over the last three years with 65 million new subscribers in 2007 alone, according to the head of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretary-General, said the figure is cited in the United Nations agency’s regional report entitled “African Telecommunication/ICT Indicators 2008: At a Crossroads,” which he presented at the opening of the ITU Telecom Africa trade fair here on Monday.

A UN press release quoted Toure as saying, “Today, the African ICT industry is an exciting place to be. Market liberalization continues and most countries have established regulatory bodies to ensure a fair, competitive and enabling environment.”

The report indicated that there were more than 250 million mobile subscribers on the continent at the start of 2008.

 

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