Africas Network Readiness. By William Hearmon , Chairman of the African Broadband Forum. Presented at the IT News Africa Innovation Dinner (www.innovationdinner.co.za) on the 31st of July 2012.

1. IMAGINE AFRICA, CONNECTED
IMAGINE AFRICA, CONNECTED

2. Threshold Perspective: Country Internet Stages
INTENSIVE (broadband)
EXTENSIVE (household connections)
(Internet usage)
FAMILIARISATION
EARLY DAYS (Internet familiarity)
PROTO-INTERNET

3. Country Internet Stages
Worldwide and in Africa
INTENSIVE (23 countries: none in Africa)
(18 countries: none in Africa)
EXTENSIVE
FAMILIARISATION (39 countries: 3 in Africa)
EARLY DAYS (32 countries: 11 in Africa)
PROTO-INTERNET (45 countries: 31 in Africa)

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10. LTE
Peak Data Rates LTE
291/79 Mbps
(20 MHz)
LTE
LTE
278/57 Mbps
(20 MHz)
WWAN Bandwidth in a Mobile
Environment
Peak Data Rate (Mobile)
IMT-2000
Technologies
“Always on” 1xEV
EV-DO Rev B
packet data Scalable Bandwidth EV-DO
73.5 / 27 Mbps
(20 MHz)
connections
3GPP Rel 6
3GPP Rel 5 14.4/5.8 Mbps***
7.2/ 0.384 Mbps** (5 MHz)
EV-DO Rev A (5 MHz) HSUPA
3.1/1.8 Mbps*
(1.25 MHz) HSDPA
1xEV
1xEV
EV-DO Rel 0 (Data Optimized)
2.4/ 0.153 Mbps
(1.25 MHz)
384 kbps
153.6 kbps
(5 MHz)
(1.25MHz)
WCDMA
14.4 - 64 kbps
1X
9.6 kbps IS-95 EDGE
GPRS < 60 kbps < 160 kbps
GSM
1993 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Commercial Availability

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12. Network Readiness Index
NRI Clusters to determine recommended TAM vs GDP
Stage 10 NRI Rating 5.11 – 5.85
TAM/GDP Ratio: 0.205%
Examples: Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, USA, Germany
Stage 9 NRI Rating 4.24 – 5.10
TAM/GDP Ratio: 0.167%
Examples: Chile, Czech Republic, KSA, UAE, Bahrain, Hungary
Stage 8 NRI Rating 3.88 – 4.23
TAM/GDP Ratio: 0.122%
Examples: Brazil ,South Africa, Turkey, Jordan, Kuwait
Stage 7 NRI Rating 3.68 – 3.87
TAM/GDP Ratio: 0.104%
Examples: Egypt, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria
Stage 6 NRI Rating 3.36 – 3.67
TAM/GDP Ratio: 0.080%
Examples: Argentina, Nigeria, Morocco, Peru, Serbia
Stage 5 NRI Rating 3.03 – 3.35
TAM/GDP Ratio: 0.078%
Examples: Algeria, Kenya, Libya, Pakistan, Tajikistan
Stage 1-4 NRI Rating 0-3.02
TAM/GDP Ratio: 0.059%
Examples: Angola, Cameroon, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda