SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 04 / 29

‘Africa's future is mobile'

According to ITU's latest publication, mobile subscriber numbers in Africa have increased by over 1 000% between 1998 and 2003, to stand at approximately 51.8 million at the end of 2003, according to ITWeb

"This is in stark contrast to the user numbers for fixed-line communications, which stood at 25.1 million at the end of 2003.

The report points to mobile technology as having the power to drive the uptake of Internet, particularly as the so-called second generation services such as WAP and SMS are gaining ground."

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