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Assessment and Identification of the Most Appropriate Commonwealth African Country in which to Pilot Iceni Mobile’s Rural Connectivity Solution for Iceni Mobile

Client name: Iceni Mobile
Duration: December 2008 – April 2009

Abstract

CTO was looking to contribute to improving m-content development in Africa, and conducted a study to determine the best country to pilot an Iceni Mobile solution. This study had an objective to investigate opinions and attitudes of key stakeholders in Commonwealth African countries and make recommendations to Iceni about the most appropriate country to pilot an Iceni Mobile solution.

Expected impact

Consultations with stakeholders indicate that mobile penetration in rural areas would increase if the mobile operators were able to provide rural users with tariffs that took into account their relatively low incomes.

Recommendations were made to Iceni Mobile to consider providing a range of financial services to users, including its money transfer offering.
Despite this consensus, it is clear that low power consumption GSM infrastructure and devices will become increasingly important in the coming months and years.

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Assessment and Identification of the Most Appropriate Commonwealth African Country in which to Pilot Iceni Mobile’s Rural Connectivity Solution

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