Communication / ICT in Canada
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CANADA, 2014/10/11
Smartphone usage in Africa is not always easy to determine, particularly as there is multiple SIM ownership (subscribers have more than one subscription). Although many networks now provide 3G, and 4G is live in a small number of markets, the distribution of broadband - an essential element for the effective operation of a smartphone - is still a very long way from being universal.
When a smartphone is acquired, it needs to be used for something, and the social networking site Facebook is generally regarded as one of the more popular Web destinations in Africa, and it provides some very useful data relating to device usage, which can be extracted country-by-country.
