Fri, 6 May 2011 09:00 GMT
Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a new set of guidelines for the deployment of wireless broadband services in rural and urban areas of the country on the 5.2-5.9 GHz band. The 5.47-5.725 GHz band shall be licensable, while the 5.25-5.35 GHz and 5.725-5.875GHz bands shall be license exempt.
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:30 GMT
When African countries complete their migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television, they will free up a big chunk of valuable radio frequency spectrum that should, if managed properly, take wireless broadband to a much wider consumer audience. (source: TechCentral)
Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:00 GMT
Africa has the fastest growing telecommunication industry. A new survey by Ernst & Young released Thursday shows that between 2002 and 2007, the industry grew by 49.3 percent as opposed to Asia which recorded a 27.4 percent growth (source: ITnewsAfrica)