End of roaming charges : lessons from East Africa

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2009

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Research ICT Africa, The EDGE Institute, Braamfontein, ZA

Abstract

Like consumers across the globe, African mobile subscribers have been paying extortionately high charges to make and receive calls when communicating outside of their country of origin, using their domestic mobile service. A fifth of all mobile users cite confusion over roaming pricing as their primary reason for using their phone less when abroad. This presentation gives details of the mobile phone network competition, which derailed some monopolies in East Africa. Recommendations include creating incentives for marginal operators to partner in order to offer low cost roaming alternatives to major operators who continue to mutually exploit each other’s customers.

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Meeting: e-Parliaments : Concepts, Policy and the Reality, 12 October 2009, Cape Town, ZA

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TELEPHONE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/41631

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Research Results (ACACIA) / Résultats de recherches (ACACIA)