Where do Tanzanians access internet services from? This is an important
question to ask as Tanzania’s uptake to internet services has kept
growing tremendously, now reaching nine million users.
Some of the factors that have contributed towards this growth include an increase in the number of mobile phone users and the completion of the National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB).
These technological revolutions have led to a substantial decline in the cost of using internet services in the country, thanks to the government’s initiative to invest in the fibre optic technology.
It is also due to the advent of internet-enabled mobile phones and lower bandwidth adaptation applications, particularly social media, which is driving the rapid diffusion and growth of mobile internet usage in various sectors of the economy.
According to mobile phone subscriber statistics from the recent Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) Quarterly Telecoms Report for December 2013, people in the country access internet services from three major outlets, namely internet cafes, organisations/institutions and households/individuals.
Over the past six years (2008-2013), taking into account of internet users by subscription type, the majority of people accessed internet from organisations/institutions, which had the highest subscription followed by households/individual and finally internet cafes.
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Some of the factors that have contributed towards this growth include an increase in the number of mobile phone users and the completion of the National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB).
These technological revolutions have led to a substantial decline in the cost of using internet services in the country, thanks to the government’s initiative to invest in the fibre optic technology.
It is also due to the advent of internet-enabled mobile phones and lower bandwidth adaptation applications, particularly social media, which is driving the rapid diffusion and growth of mobile internet usage in various sectors of the economy.
According to mobile phone subscriber statistics from the recent Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) Quarterly Telecoms Report for December 2013, people in the country access internet services from three major outlets, namely internet cafes, organisations/institutions and households/individuals.
Over the past six years (2008-2013), taking into account of internet users by subscription type, the majority of people accessed internet from organisations/institutions, which had the highest subscription followed by households/individual and finally internet cafes.
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