Type of Resource:
Policy paper

Year of Publication:
2016

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): Christoph Stork, Steve Esselaar, Chenai Chair and Safia Kahn

Enablers: mobile internet is cheap when Over The Top (OTT) services are used instead of voice and text messages. Trends: African operators have adopted various strategies to defend their revenues against OTT services such as bundling voice, text and data together in top-up products. Challenges: A voice minute or SMS frequently costs more than a MB of data when topping up using a data bundle. A MB data is of much more use for voice and texting when using for VoIP and instant messaging and other OTTs

URL
https://researchictafrica.net/publications/Other_publications/2016%20_Working_paper_1_OTT-threat%20or%20opportunity%20for%20African%20Telcos.pdf

Region of Study:


Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
Medium