Tag: International Telecommunication Union

Top countries with cheapest mobile data prices in Africa

Jun 22, 2017

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by

Ediri Oyibo

in Internet

In its annual report, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released details of the top countries with cheapest mobile data prices in the world. An analysis of prices in local currency shows that in about 70 per cent of countries, mobile broadband prices decreased or remained the same in 2015, according to the ITU Measuring the…
S/Africans boycott high data costs protest as #SocialMediaBlackout trend

Jun 22, 2017

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by

Ediri Oyibo

in Internet

South Africans have boycotted a call to skip social media use for a day to protest against high data costs, which has ironically seen #SocialMediaBlackout trend on twitter. Musician and activist Ntsiki Mazwai had urged South Africans to log off and not buy data to pressure mobile providers, according to a BBC report. “Data costs…