Vincent Neil

" Africa is commercial " the magazine published the article to point out recently, Africa of the fixed telephone communication of the original document with weak foundation on electricity of September 1 of Lusaka, because does not have " The historical burden " ,Become new developing to move communication skill and service already in recent years " The large beautiful field " .

The article thinks, though compared with other markets, the relative great of development cost of African market, but its huge development potentiality is not second to the present Asian-Pacific market.

Data display, between 5 years of 2005 and 2000, user's average annual growth rate of African mobile communication was about 53.4%, occupy the first in the world. In 1997, only there were about 2 million cellphone subscribers in Africa, in thereafter less than 3 yearsing, cellphone subscriber's quantity quadrupled, by 2005, user's total quantity is up to more than 134 million.

" African commerce " points out, even so, the business of mobile communication is still only 14% of popularity in Africa at present, the development potentiality of the market is enormous. Expect according to a research institution of telecommunication trade in Britain, in the following 5 years, user's quantity of African mobile communication will also increase by 265 million. By 2012, every 3 African philtrums will have one who will be cellphone subscriber on average.

" African commerce " still mentions, exactly settle on this huge market " cake " ,Operator fired telecommunications in 2005 " The African campaign " ,Merger and acquisition is constant. 2005, the intersection of MTC and group to headquartered in Kuwait annex Africa the third leading telecommunication operator Celtel with 3,360 million, and succeed in purchasing 61% of the shares of the Sudan Mobitel Company with 1,334 million dollars in next year. The intersection of South Africa and telecommunication MTN2005 annual to attack the intersection of west African and the intersection of telecommunication and the intersection of Investcom and Company of market mainly, include with 5,530 million U.S. dollar in under one's command operator have.

In addition, the native telecommunication enterprises of Africa raise funds to expand through various means too. Gateway Company financed 100 million dollars in the Euro-bond market in 2005. Celtel Tanzanian branch company succeeds in obtaining the loan of 70 million dollars through country's banks such as South Africa, Holland,etc. next year.

Africa in world's eyes: The panning ground of the last?

1,The governments of various countries promote the development of information-intensive society preferably, the index snowball of the digital opportunity. More important, the markets of telecommunication of a lot of countries are swelling, the governments of various countries are promoting the development of information-intensive society preferably too, this causes index snowball of digital opportunity. The table below has been listed since 2001 DOI has increased 15 obvious countries. They come from each area, including BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) These four developing giants. In these countries, are accompanied by introduction of the commercial service and fast increase of user's quantity, infrastructure and broadband consumption have realized the growth by a wide margin.

2,Like cellular telephone, the broadband service is being developed rapidly too. Though mobile telephone networks to invest some mainly developing country, broadband serve, develop rapidly. It was about 166 pieces that the economy that the whole world could offer broadband service reached until the beginning of 2006. Even in the low income countries of Africa, broadband is being put out constantly, such as Ghana (March of 2006) , Botswana (before midyear of 2005) And Libya. In addition, Lebanon of West Asia signed an agreement which built ADSL network too at the beginning of 2006.

3,The characteristic of the digital divide is changing. Though developing countries have huge gains in moving communication skill and Internet and inserting, but the industrialized country has realized technically in 3G mobile communication and broadband that moves forward steadily. There is more, with better function type service of data of the developed country, and the speed is faster, the expenses are lower. Scale economics and it is modern infrastructure it mean is it getting cheaper in national telecommunication service in industrializations most ' it compare with income or according to absolute value) . In view of this, characteristic of the digital divide is changing, and developing countries, in order to catch up forthwith, its strategy that aims at promoting figures to forgive considers these changes.

4,Must pay close attention to Internet further safely. One of the maximum obstacles which the information-intensive society further develops is the growth that Internet's safety problem and waste information, network fishing and spy's software,etc. threatened. Reveal, the interviewees close to 2/3 showed according to an investigation that ITU was held in the world information-intensive society a few days ago, they have avoided some to move about online because of being anxious and safe, and the master worry factor has personal information that is stolen (26% of the interviewees) And virus attack (25% of the interviewees) .

Dispute the focus: Colonize or the new development newly?

On China being in the development problem in Africa of enterprises. Africa political Becky, nurse of observer, say Africa large partial country from 30 to 50 independently already, it is developed but still scarce, Africa has already been a very important market in China. On the other hand, the products which China imported, including mobile phone, telephone, washing machine, refrigerator,etc., also let the African people enjoy the articles that other developed countries have already used, let alone those less expensive articles. Though there is criticism, the method of China obtained support of some countries. The Zambian secretary of treasury takes the place of and replies and says solemnly promptly very much: "Why be when they do accurate thing, we treat China so as to negative attitude still? " This pair was concocted in the west for the previous period " Colonize newly " The statement is fought back.