Fewer than one in three Africans has a mobile phone

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bvyUTF.xg2VdeV3OTAWQ0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-11-11T101921Z_1_AJOE9AA0SOC00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-AFRICA-TELECOMS-20131111.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/fewer-one-three-africans-mobile-phone-101441596--business.html)By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Fewer than one in three Africans has a mobile phone and recent rapid growth in subscribers will slow if governments don't improve access to spectrum and rein in taxes on the industry, a lobby group representing mobile networks said on Monday. There were 502 million mobile connections in sub-Saharan Africa as of June, industry body GSMA said. In developed markets, four out of five people have a mobile phone, while in other emerging markets it is one in every two, although the figures for Africa may also be affected by its relatively young population and higher levels of poverty. Mobile phone usage has spread more rapidly in Africa than on any other continent recently - at an average 18 percent a year in the last five years.



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