11. Impact of Improving Telephony Connectivity
It is not just about Voice...
$100,000
y = 23995x
R2 = 0.6681
$10,000
$1,000
$100
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
For each 1% increase in Mobile penetration, GDP per capita
goes up by US$240
Source: Michael Minges, TMG Telecom, and ITU World Telecommunications Database Statistics, 2003.
12. Country Internet Stages
Worldwide and in Africa
INTENSIVE
(18 countries: none in Africa)
EXTENSIVE
FAMILIARISATION
EARLY DAYS
PROTO-INTERNET
(23 countries: none in Africa)
(39 countries: 3 in Africa)
(32 countries: 11 in Africa)
(45 countries: 31 in Africa)
15. African operators need to leverage
Paradigm shift Towards
Distributed Architecture
Voice Voice
IP
Applications
Application
…
Session
…
Bearer
T
D
M
T
D
M
I
P
…
…
Access
Mobile
Fixed Internet
NGN/IMS Core
Session Control
IP Bearer
Backbone
PDSN
CDMA
AC
WiFi/WiMax
GGSN
GPRS/UMTS
Goal is to move to a truly access agnostic core network in the future
BRAS
xDSL/LAN
27. Impact of Improving Connectivity
It is about voice and data…
$100,000
GDP per capita, 2002
y = 48948x + 103.27
R2 = 0.7387
$10,000
$1,000
0.0%
0.1%
1.0%
10.0%
$100
100.0%
Internet penetration, 2002
For each 1% increase in Internet penetration, GDP per capita
goes up by US$593
28. Beyond Voice is the World of Mobile Data
• Non-voice Applications are Driving Wireless
Growth
Growing Big Tomatoes
Essential Steps;
Great Payoffs
News
Position
Location
Push to Talk
Music
Photo
Sharing
Entertainment
Email
Sports
Multiplayer
Gaming
Video
Monitoring