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

[Barrack Otieno]

Interesting perspective Francis, you raise an important question can
more mobile content result in more domains registered? i cant see the
correlation clearly did you base it on mode of access?

Thanks

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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