[cmNOG] How Mobile technology has been used to create an impact in Cameroon

[Tomslin Samme-Nlar]

Good point @Tamon.

When I read it, I assumed they didn't mean all mobile subscribers had
Internet access as they didn't clearly state that fact. Plus, I sure know
that is not true from my amateur analysis, for example, MTN's simcards are
not sold with data activated, which means only those aware of mobile data
will request to be activated.
Also, when I was in Cameroon in May, and tried activating a simcard for
data, it took me an average of 10 call attempts to get through to MTN's
support center on phone. Then after being on phone for about 10 mins, I was
told they couldn't recognize my device, hence couldn't enable data support
remotely! So I had to go physically to a support center. Ofcourse, I got
lazy and took another few days to physically go there just to meet very
unfriendly/non-smiling customer care representatives.

Forgive my long story, but with such difficulty to activate data on the
simcard, I very much doubt if even half of the subscribers are using mobile
data.

Sleen

www.onelifeconsult.com
www.vmbgmusik.com




On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Mukom Akong T. <mukom.tamon at gmail.com>wrote:

> Interesting article, although I wonder why it first appeared in a
> Kenyan blog.  A couple of points though:
>
> [quote]
>
> Internet penetration in Cameroon (per 100 people) was last reported at
> 4.00 in 2010, according to a World Bank report released in 2011. This
> shows that there are only 783,955.56 permanent online users as at
> 2010. The Mobile cellular subscription in the country stands at
> 9,010,785 as at 2012.
>
> [/quote]
>
> - I doubt this is true, I am not sure all 9 million mobile phone
> subscribers use data (Internet) service.
>
> - Does anyone know more about the nobakshish app? How many people use
> it? is there a website?
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Tomslin Samme-Nlar
> <s.tomsleen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > How Mobile technology has been used to create an impact in Cameroon
> >
> >
> http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2012/10/how-mobile-technology-has-been-used-to-create-an-impact-in-cameroon/
> >
> >
> > Sleen
> >
> > www.onelifeconsult.com
> > www.vmbgmusik.com
> >
> >
> >
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