Some Success Tips For Deploying ICTs In Africa

Forming strong collaboration between African governments and the corporate sector is the smartest way to do meet the challenge of deploying ICTs in Africa, says Ingo Juraske, Hewlett Packards Public Sector VP in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Juraske says as resources (money, skilled people) are limited, governments and business have to change the way they work.

Governments should consult with service providers at the early stages of their ICT projects, harnessing the expertise that they have gathered in the course of doing business, he says.

Dont just hit us with a tender. We appreciate it as well, but if we are to improve the chances of the projects success, you must let us share the lessons we learnt with you,?he says.

Heikki Tuunanen, ambassador of Finland to South Africa says the challenge in deploying ICTs in developing countries does not lie in knowing what to do and how to do it; it is in doing the right things as fast as possible.

He says the CT sector changes very rapidly. As a result, governments need to ensure that strategies are decided and acted upon before the sector moves on to the next level of development, leaving the citizens behind, he says. He adds that governments and companies must be able to predict development trends to gain competitive advantage.

Tunnanen gives the example of Nokia, a company that 20 years ago was fully diversified, producing paper, rubber boots and electronic equipment, among other things.

The company was able to see opportunities for growth in mobile phone technology and take advantage of them, he says.

Damaria Senne is a journalist and author based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She regularly interviews executives of multinational companies, government officials and regulators in the African communications market and foresees huge opportunities for content development in Africa in the next couple of years.

Read her articles at http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/itingovernment/

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Broadband Booster Can Improve VoIP Quality

Although cable broadband internet is a whole lot faster than dialup, I usually experience a slight delay when opening a webpage. Perhaps most people don't notice the latency associated with cable internet, but as a former DSL user it got my attention right away. I noticed a distinct difference in speed between cable and DSL, but I realized I had to live with it in order to use internet phone service in the most economical way. DSL requires a phone line, which requires telephone service - so if you want to replace your land line phone with low cost internet phone service, the only option is to use cable or T-1 for internet. With my internet phone up and running over cable broadband, the voice quality was better than expected. I noticed no big difference between VoIP and my land line phone, but did experience "dropped" calls and "incomplete" calls periodically. This is due to the latency in my broadband connection, but since VoIP saves me over $500 a year (unlimited calling for less than $20 a month) an occasional dropped call is fine with me!

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