Hi
I have an interest in connectivity in various countries in Southern Africa, even Sub-Saharan Africa, and would love to see an active thread around this, both for SA users wanting to know about other countries, and for users in other countries who don't have the wonderful myBB service.
For a start there are so many international cables going in and satellites being deployed it would be great to track these. I know the actual submarine progress and plans are tracked elsewhere (ie Steve Song's excellent blog) but this can add a useful "Forum" flavour to it.
There are also a number of 3G/HSPA and Wimax deployments in various countries and users there need to know where to share ideas and information.
Kenya, for example, is very active on the HSPA front and has two international cables imminent. Soon they could put SA to shame in terms of subs and traffic growth.
Zain's planned single tariff for data and Blackberry roaming also has awesome potential and could teach our local mobile operators a thing or two. If it went live in Zambia, you could well have South African's taking out a Zain contract!
One benefit of such a forum would be to increase awareness of the business opportunities that exist in such countries. Many SA companies are making tentative forays into other countries, but the potential is huge.
I hope this thread gets some good support!
I have an interest in connectivity in various countries in Southern Africa, even Sub-Saharan Africa, and would love to see an active thread around this, both for SA users wanting to know about other countries, and for users in other countries who don't have the wonderful myBB service.
For a start there are so many international cables going in and satellites being deployed it would be great to track these. I know the actual submarine progress and plans are tracked elsewhere (ie Steve Song's excellent blog) but this can add a useful "Forum" flavour to it.
There are also a number of 3G/HSPA and Wimax deployments in various countries and users there need to know where to share ideas and information.
Kenya, for example, is very active on the HSPA front and has two international cables imminent. Soon they could put SA to shame in terms of subs and traffic growth.
Zain's planned single tariff for data and Blackberry roaming also has awesome potential and could teach our local mobile operators a thing or two. If it went live in Zambia, you could well have South African's taking out a Zain contract!
One benefit of such a forum would be to increase awareness of the business opportunities that exist in such countries. Many SA companies are making tentative forays into other countries, but the potential is huge.
I hope this thread gets some good support!