‘Make Africa’s fallow fibre viable’
Another key to tapping the potential of Africa’s fibre lies in changing the approach from leasing infrastructure to providing Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) contracts to creditworthy carriers.
“However, we hope to see a larger number of national carriers and governments take more flexible approaches to commercial arrangements and pricing models that will drive greater efficiencies in fibre usage. This will be critical to improving broadband penetration and pricing in Africa.”
http://www.africatelecomit.com/make-africas-f...bre-viable
....older article, but I think issues like this are still key.....ie, who gets paid & how much
Another key to tapping the potential of Africa’s fibre lies in changing the approach from leasing infrastructure to providing Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) contracts to creditworthy carriers.
“However, we hope to see a larger number of national carriers and governments take more flexible approaches to commercial arrangements and pricing models that will drive greater efficiencies in fibre usage. This will be critical to improving broadband penetration and pricing in Africa.”
http://www.africatelecomit.com/make-africas-f...bre-viable
....older article, but I think issues like this are still key.....ie, who gets paid & how much