[kictanet] Could growth of the Mobile phone industry in Africa be affecting uptake of ccTLDs?

[Francis Hook]

I think the real question is how much content is mobile ready?
Current estimates
(http://searchengineland.com/less-than-10-of-the-web-in-2012-is-mobile-ready-112101)
put it at less than 10%.

Locally despite the fact that mobile is the primary choice for
accessing the net, not much content is mobile ready.   Perhaps that's
the point that should be underscored - how much content is mobile
ready? and can more mobile content result in more domains registered?
I think there is an opportunity here that has not been fully tapped by
businesses and with mobile money and mobile payments becoming
increasingly important, its just a matter of time before there is a
flurry of activity to make more websites ready for mobile.

My two kilobits.

F

On 21 February 2012 13:46, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Apologies my statistics may not be accurate but i a using Kenya as a
> scenario for the 10 million mobile phone users.
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Barrack Otieno
> <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Listers,
>>
>> Just wondering aloud, whereas the mobile phone industry is a boon for
>> the African continent, could it be stiffling growth of the domain name
>> industry take an example we have over 10 million mobile phone
>> subscribers, i dont know how many are using online services, there has
>> been rapid growth over the last three years unfortunately the same
>> case does not apply for the domain name industry, with all this apps
>> being developed do we need domains and domain names? within the
>> current scheme of things how can we spur content developement?, i know
>> content can still be accessed using mobile devices but to what
>> extent?, i will appreciate your thoughts on this subject
>>
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