[UgaBYTES] Poverty , Illiteracy could lead to undeutilization of Fibre Optic Capacity

[Mwathi Francis]

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> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:20 PM, George Obol <georgeobol at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> This is how the story ran at Prime Radio 91.9FM KIREKA P.O BOX 22 K'LA
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>> Oboliangor George William                  18.09.09
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>> POVERTY, ILLITERACY, COULD LEAD TO UNDERUTILIZATION OF FIBRE OPTIC
>> CAPACITY
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>> Telecom operators and investors in Africa face a dilemma, as to whether
>> the expected level of demand is worth the huge capital investment into the
>> submarine fibre optic cable currently available to the continent.
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>> The Support Community Facilitator UgaBYTES Initiatives, Francis Mwathi
>> says a total of seven undersea fibre optic cables, with an aggregate
>> capacity of 10.94 terabytes have landing stations along the entire coastline
>> around Africa.
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>> Mwathi adds that a panel of five telecom experts at the Telecom World
>> Africa 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa, noted that even though the submarine
>> fibre optic technology promised faster speed communication at affordable
>> rates for Africans, there is a danger most of it will remain redundant due
>> to low demand.
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>> He says each of the Telecom Experts pointed out the consumption of fibre
>> optics technology saying its more in data and internet communication than in
>> voice, saying that the high level of illiteracy, low access to computers,
>> power supply bottlenecks and the inability of carriers to pay for fibre
>> optics, raised concerns about how much of fibre optics would be consumed on
>> the continent.
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>> THANKS KEEP IN TOUCH
>> Obilangor George william
>> 0775034783
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>>  On Thu, 9/17/09, Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org> wrote:
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>> From: Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org>
>> Subject: [UgaBYTES] Poverty , Illiteracy could lead to undeutilization of
>> Fibre Optic Capacity
>> To: "ugabytes" <ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org>, "kentel" <
>> kentel at list.kenyatelecentres.org>
>> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 1:43 AM
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>> Telecom operators and investors in Africa face a dilemma, as to whether
>> the
>> expected level of demand is worth the huge capital investment into the
>> submarine fibre optic cable currently available to the continent. A total
>> of
>> seven undersea fibre optic cables, with an aggregate capacity of 10.94
>> terabytes (10,940 gigabytes), have landing stations along the entire coast
>> line around Africa.
>>
>> A panel of five telecom experts at the ongoing Telecom World Africa 2009
>> in
>> Cape Town, South Africa, noted on Wednesday that even though the submarine
>> fibre optic technology promised faster speed communication at affordable
>> rates for Africans, there is a danger most of it will remain redundant due
>> to low demand.
>>
>> They each pointed out that the consumption of fibre optics technology was
>> more in data and internet communication than in voice, saying that the
>> high
>> level of illiteracy, low access to computers, power supply bottlenecks and
>> the inability of carriers to pay for fibre optics raised concerns about
>> how
>> much of fibre optics would be consumed on the continent.
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>> Francis Mwathi
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Francis Mwathi
Support Community Facilitator
UgaBYTES Initiatives (www.ugabytes.org)
Telecentr.org (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
Tel: +256 414 370163
Mob: +256 783 010269
Skype: francis.mwathi
E-Mail: mfrancis at ugabytes.org