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Internet access in Angola is provided by MSTelcom , a subsidiary of Sonangol , the national oil company. BOTSWANA Botswana Telecom rolled out ADSL in Botswana in early 2006. Current offerings include:
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CFA 's leading ISP is Socatel . EGYPT See Also: Broadband Internet access in Egypt MAURITANIA Mauritania has three operators, the original monopoly, Mauritel (now owned by Vivendi's Maroc Telecom , Mattel (owned by Tunisie Telecom and the Chinguitel , which will start operations in December 2006 {Link without Title} . The country only has around 1000 DSL subscribers, and 3000 internet subscribers in total, out of a population of 2.5 million. Monthly DSL charges are high, around US$95.69 per month. MAURITIUS Mauritius has several operators like Maurtius telecom, Nomad, MTML,etc.. The monopoly is retained by Mauritius Telecom(MT). MT offer is as follows: Home 128 - US$22 Home 512 - US$40 1 M - US$176 and offers a service call MyT: MyT surf 2 MB local connection, 256 kbit/s international, MyT watch(VOD) and MyT talk at US$22 It is widely complained that MT's ADSL lines are virtually clogged during peak hours, the reason for which they set up the MyT offer. & MT's the worst provider of them all, even while them having the most subscribed users, they can't offer a decent service & are always giving us slower speeds than what were paying for. MOROCCO Operated by Maroc Telecom . The service started as a test in November 2002 before it was launched in October 2003. The service is offered by the subsidiary Menara . It offers the following options:
The installation is free, but the ADSL modem is not always free (only during promotions).
Meditel 3.5 Mbit/s (around €50) MOZAMBIQUE TDM , Mozambique's national supplier, offers the following options: Mozambique's national supplier, TDM, offers the following: 128/64 kbit/s with 1 GB cap for R276 (~40 US$) 128/64 kbit/s with 3 GB cap for R414 (~60 US$) 128/64 kbit/s with 4 GB cap for R525 (~75 US$) 256/128 kbit/s with 7 GB cap for R663 (~95 US$) 512/256 kbit/s with 10 GB cap for R829 (119 US$) 1024/512 kbit/s with 14 GB cap for R1160 (165 US$) 2048/1024 kbit/s with 20 GB cap for R1492 (214 US$) An additional 1 GB is available, usable only between midnight and 6am. Installation fees come to R166 (~24 US$) and additional bandwidth costs R18 (~2.60 US$) per additional 100 MB. {Link without Title} Mozambique was the first African country to offer broadband wireless services through WiMax . NAMIBIA In February 2007, ISP Namibia Mweb began offering broadband wireless services through WiMax , making Namibia the second African country (after Mozambique ) to do so. {Link without Title} Telecom Namibia , which has offered ADSL access since late 2006 has a de facto monopoly on ADSL access. Their monopoly was unsuccessfully challenged in the courts by MWeb Namibia [http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2007/0705311034.asp?A=AFN&S=All%20Africa%20News&O=E&C in May 2007. SOUTH AFRICA See Also: Broadband Internet access in South Africa SEE ALSO |
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