Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest growing regions for internet traffic in the world, with South Africa at the heart of the data explosion. Mobile data in South Africa grew 490 per cent year-on-year from the point it was introduced in 2007 to 2010. The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2012-2017) projected that
Access to the internet is playing an increasingly important role in society and nowhere is this more true than in developing regions. Not only does it have a very tangible impact on employment, productivity and GDP but it has an almost immeasurable impact on the underlying fabric that weaves society together.
The Shannon-Hartley theorem, otherwise known as Shannon’s Law, describes the maximum rate at which an amount of data can be transmitted within any given portion of spectrum. 4G technology is rapidly approaching the limits of Shannon’s Law meaning that it has reached the physical limit of wireless capacity of any given cell.
As the wireless industry moves towards ratified seamless Wi-Fi roaming, Marguerite Reardon of cnet.com looks at the new relationships that are likely to develop as a result. The most recent agreement signed between AT&T and Boingo has begun to pave the way for the new roaming partnerships that will come from seamless connectivity, says Reardon.
