AFRICAN WIRELESS MANAGED SERVICES
AFRICAN WIRELESS MANAGED SERVICES
6 PagesA WHITE PAPER AFRICAN WIRELESS MANAGED SERVICES AS TELCOS CONNECT AFRICA, DOES THEIR BUSINESS MODEL STILL CONNECT WITH THEIR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES? AS TELCOS CONNECT AFRICA, DOES THEIR BUSINESS MODEL STILL CONNECT WITH THEIR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES? Wikipedia tells us that Africa is the world’s second- largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km 2 including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of Earth’s total surface area and 20.4 percent of its total land area. The continent’s massive size alone has presented a connectivity challenge unlike anywhere else in the world. Africa’s telecommunications service providers are deploying a variety of networks, from satellite to terrestrial, fiber to optical, to reach Africa’s population with voice and in
