Ghana has highest mobile broadband penetration, according to a recent report

Ghana has been ranked as the country with the highest mobile broadband penetration in Africa, a recent report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has indicated.

The report described the ITU’s Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun I Toure, as “Impartial piece which can be used as an annual industry benchmark for technology development,” said Ghana’s telecommunications sector had the highest investment-to-revenue ration in 2009 and 2010.

That it said shows that operators invested quite heavily in fixed assets in order to maintain and enhance networks.

According to the “Measuring Information Society Report” released in the last quarter of 2012, mobile broadband penetration surged from 7% in 2010 to 23% in 2011,” it added.

The report was made available to “The Ghanaian Times” by the research and communications Desk of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunication.

The report said 14 per cent of Ghanaians were internet users, up from 10 per cent in 2010. The ITU report is the most comprehensive statistical and analytical document on the shape of ICT markets worldwide.

It further stated that Ghana’s mobile broadband prices are relatively low explaining that, “ At 14% of Gross National Income (GNI) per person, it is four and half times cheaper than the African average which stands at 64% of GNI per person.”

No other African country recorded an improvement for internet access as well as usage.

However, Ghana remains in the lower half of the index at 117th cut of 155 countries.

 

Source:GhanaianTimes