Type of Resource:
Policy paper

Year of Publication:
2018

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Challenges
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): ALISON GILLWALD, ONKOKAME MOTHOBI AND BROC RADEMAN

Enablers: Smartphones, in particular, have revolutionised the telecommunications. Challenges: Failure by ICASA to put in place a mandatory and foundational regulation more than a decade after the Act was passed means that the wholesale facilities market, which is highly imperfect by nature, does not allocate resources efficiently and therefore does not produce the intended competitive results. industry by becoming the principal means of Internet connectivity. Although the unaffordability of devices is the primary barrier to South Africans coming online, the unaffordability of data is also one of the major factorslimiting the intensity of use. Trends: The inequalities between those with access to broadband and the resources to use it optimally, and those without, are also reflected between countries and regions. Africa lags the furthest behind on global indices such as the ITU ICT Development Index (IDI)

URL
https://researchictafrica.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/after-access-south-africa-state-of-ict-2017-south-africa-report_04.pdf

Region of Study:


Country of Study:
South Africa,

Study Quality
Medium