These short case studies briefly analyse the current state of broadband affordability in select countries around the world, including the policy environment, challenges and opportunities facing each nation in their work to make broadband truly affordable.
This page collects and summarises the work produced from the partnership between the Alliance for Affordable Internet and Opensignal around the theme of 4G for Meaningful Connectivity. It supports one of the key pillars of the Meaningful Connectivity framework –…
This year’s study covers 51 developing and emerging countries. It also contains a roadmap for achieving affordable Internet, with more than 30 detailed policy recommendations for governments, businesses and not-for-profits. We believe it will prove an invaluable resource for all those working in this arena.
The 2015-16 Affordability Report, released in February 2016, looks at the policy frameworks in place across 51 developing and emerging countries to determine what is working to expand access to affordable broadband. This year’s report looks particularly at how poverty and income and gender inequality are masking the true state of affordability.
Dominican Republic has a long way to go to ensure affordable internet access for all its citizens. Though the government and the regulator have introduced much needed reforms, further efforts to reduce the price of broadband for all – especially…
La República Dominicana tiene un largo camino por recorrer para garantizar el acceso asequible a Internet para todos sus ciudadanos.Aunque el gobierno y el organismo regulador han presentado reformas muy necesarias, se necesitan más esfuerzos para reducir el precio de…
In this new report we describe how, while two in three people are now online according to the current definition of internet access, billions lack the meaningful connectivity they need to make the most of the internet.
The Costs of Exclusion West Africa regional report brings together interviews, focus groups, and a mobile survey in Nigeria to understand more about how the digital gender gap affects the region.
Read the Report Here Around the world, efforts to connect the unconnected continue despite the myriad challenges that exist from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic to political instability. Often these efforts focus on expanding telecommunications infrastructure; working to improve the personal…
Read the Report Here Representations of gender, diversity, and device use in mobile network marketing. Reflections of a Digital Divide summarizes an investigation into gender and diversity representations on the front pages of mobile network operator websites around the world,…
Kenya has developed one of the fastest growing smartphone adoption rates in sub-Saharan Africa by addressing affordability challenges through the implementation of financing schemes designed to accelerate mobile adoption for low income consumers.
With the arrival of a new fibre optic submarine cable in the South Pacific, the Cook Islands government enacted a new policy to open the telecommunications market to competition.
