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Improving Satellite Regulation for Access to ICTs In Africa

Improving Satellite Regulation for Access to ICTs In Africa. Geoff Daniell GDC cc. SSA Correspondent Global VSAT Forum July 2004. Agenda. Who is the GVF What does the GVF do African Telecom (VSAT) Market What is happening to VSAT costs What can VSATs do? VSAT licence costs in Africa

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Improving Satellite Regulation for Access to ICTs In Africa

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  1. Improving Satellite Regulation for Access to ICTs In Africa Geoff Daniell GDC cc. SSA Correspondent Global VSAT Forum July 2004

  2. Agenda • Who is the GVF • What does the GVF do • African Telecom (VSAT) Market • What is happening to VSAT costs • What can VSATs do? • VSAT licence costs in Africa • What do Investors and Operators want? • The IDRC sponsored GVF/CATIA Satellite RegulationProject • Project Objectives • Project Strategies • Project Implementation • Way Forward • Contact details

  3. African Telecom Market • Fragmented into small national markets. • Low income levels, limited economy for scale, unattractive for investment. • Cost of access to ICT generally high especially beyond urban centres.

  4. VSAT Terminal Pricing Trend Source: www.comsys.co.uk

  5. VSAT Tariffs: an example

  6. US/African Universities’ Bandwidth Cost Comparison

  7. What is CATIA ? • A three year programme of DFID & other donors • A partnership of a range of stakeholders • A practical response to demands from Africa and the G8 DOT Force recommendations • 9 small scale but strategic activities that seek to improve access to ICTs in Africa – from the Internet to community radio • A regional programme working across southern, eastern, central and western Africa

  8. What are the aims of CATIA? • to enable poor people in Africa to gain maximum benefit from the opportunities offered by ICT • to act as a strong catalyst for reform • to improve affordable access to the full range of ICTs • to address the need for ICTs to address social and economic development issues • to build capacity across Africa to achieve sustainable change

  9. Project Implementation • Survey of satellite regulations in Africa using GVF questionnaire circulated to all African regulators. • Survey based on ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 17/1 ( Satellite Regulation in Developing Countries). • 66% responses to survey. • Case studies of VSAT-based Internet use in Algeria, Nigeria, Tanzania by University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

  10. Satellites in their orbital slots. By clicking the spreadsheet button, open high resolution PDF files of composite footprints each carrier, clicking on footprint opens carrier’s website homepage.

  11. Ku-band footprint view: Showing dBW Contours, zoomed to any scale – here showing capitals and main cities

  12. C-band footprint view: Showing dBW Contours and satellite detail

  13. Way Forward • Public access to Survey and Report. • Interactive access to Survey and Report for the public: • www.idrc.ca, www.gvf.org, www.catia.ws • Workshops for policy makers and regulators. • Online forum and website for regulators to share information on VSAT regulatory strategies. • Development of regional satellite policy and regulatory guidelines. • Creation of OSS • Links on the OSS website to country regulator websites.

  14. David Hartshorn Secretary General GVF Tel: +44 1 72 788 4739 e: david.hartshorn@gvf.org Geoff Daniell GVF SSA Correspondent Tel: +27 (0) 12 807 0482 m: +27 (0) 82 783 9184 e: daniellgr@telkomsa.net geoff@africaanalysis.co.za daniellgr@hotmail.com Gilbert Adanusa GVF West Africa Correspondent Tel: +233 424 432 6464 m: gadanusa@ghana.com Claire Sibthorpe CATIA Project Tel: +27 (0) 11 607 8296 e: claire@catia.ws Lishan Adam Facilitator Catia Project 1a Tel: +25 11 40 6136 m: +25 11 19 40 0510 e: lishan@citad.org Contact

  15. Thank you

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