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

[Barrack Otieno]

Hi James,

Please elaborate on how IP V 6 will help, i am not sure i understand
your point, are there any case studies to demonstrate this?

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Barrack Otieno
<otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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