Smartphone explosion doubles internet uptake
Tuesday, May 05, 2015
According to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Statistics Report released this week, individual internet subscriptions jumped 86.7 percent in 2013, largely due to a similarly huge 87.6 percent jump in mobile internet subscriptions.
The mobile internet growth far outweighed the rise in fixed internet subscriptions, which grew by 47 percent in the period.
When claims of such gravity are made, especially by a sitting Assistant Minister they cannot be brushed aside, delayed, or treated as routine political noise. Even the Ombudsman has confirmed receipt of a report from a political party and a review of these complaints is now underway. That is a necessary first step. But it is only the beginning. The seriousness of the allegations demands urgency, transparency and clarity. The public is entitled to...