This post was written by Eleanor Sarpong, Deputy Director and Policy Lead, A4AI. At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona the buzzword on everybody’s lips was 5G. It was impossible not to be seduced by the many ideas…
Webinar: Impact of social media tax on internet affordability Date & Time: Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT Please sign up on Eventbrite. Registrants will receive the login information for the webinar. Many governments across the…
This post is based on a research paper exploring the possible impacts of taxation on the ICT sector in Benin. In September 2018, the Benin government proposed a tax on over-the-top services. The proposed tax was two-fold: a 5% tax…
This post is based on original A4AI research on data pricing in low- and middle-income countries. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article, published 20 March 2019, wrongly reported that there was an increase in average data costs across low-…
This post was written by Maiko Nakagaki, A4AI’s Strategic Partnerships & Development Manager. It provides an overview of a webinar on community networks featuring expert members of A4AI. The webinar is available to watch on-demand. For the first time, by…
This guest post was prepared by Steve Song and appeared first on his website Many Possibilities. Everyone needs affordable access to communication. Affordable access strategies that don’t target everyone end up magnifying the digital divide in a kind of Matthew effect: those with…
A4AI works to secure affordable and meaningful access to the internet to over 628 million people. As a broad coalition of members from civil society and the public and private sectors, A4AI advocates for policy change based on robust and…
This post was written by Eleanor Sarpong, A4AI Deputy Director & Policy Lead. Follow Eleanor on Twitter @Ellasarpong. I was in a café in London on my phone when I read the news. For the first time, more than half…
This blog was written by Teddy Woodhouse, Research Analyst & Advocate at the Web Foundation. In assembling the data set for A4AI’s latest report on the quality of service for mobile broadband, our research team found universally promising trends with the adoption…
Telecommunications regulators in each country hold one of the most essential positions in developing a higher quality of service for mobile broadband users. In our latest report on this issue, we urge regulators to leverage their convening power in the…
Released today, A4AI’s latest report examines the policy dynamics that define the quality of mobile broadband service experienced by users across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Taking a step beyond our core research around affordable access and the cost of connectivity,…
How does a country’s geography impact its internet costs? This year’s Affordability Report explored this theme, detailing the additional costs that different country types face when building and deploying internet infrastructure. Our research explored the different costs incurred by industry…