Cell phones and governance
Most textbooks comment on the political ramifications of the growing telephone network in countries like Nigeria. How well could your students explain the connection? And what would they say about the report from This Day (Lagos) about the continuing growth of phone usage in Nigeria.Phone Subscribers Now 46.2m
"The phenomenal growth in Nigerian telecoms sector continues as subscriber base peaked at 46.2 million at the end of third quarter of the year. The nation's teledensity, considered the number of phone to 100 people, is 27.42, according to statistics released weekend by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend.
"According to the official statistics, total connected lines at the end of Q3 2007 stands at 46,228,173 lines with GSM users dominating with 43,593,310 lines (94%). On the other hand, fixed wired/wireless services follow with 2,235,257 (5%) of total connected lines while mobile CDMA accounts for 399,606 lines (1%) during the same period..."
Labels: Nigeria, political culture
posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:05 AM
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