The State of Internet Access in Uganda

The State of Internet Access in Uganda

Peter G. Mwesige
ISBN13: 9781591405757|ISBN10: 1591405750|EISBN13: 9781591407911
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch117
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Mwesige, Peter G. "The State of Internet Access in Uganda." Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, et al., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 655-658. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch117

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Mwesige, P. G. (2005). The State of Internet Access in Uganda. In S. Marshall, W. Taylor, & X. Yu (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology (pp. 655-658). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch117

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Mwesige, Peter G. "The State of Internet Access in Uganda." In Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, Wal Taylor, and Xinghuo Yu, 655-658. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch117

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Abstract

n recent years, Uganda has witnessed an astronomical growth in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. For example, between December 1996 and December 2003, the number of cellular phone subscribers rose from 3,000 to 777,563, Internet subscribers grew from 504 to 7,024, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) increased from two to 17, and public pay phones increased from 1,258 to 3,456 (UCC, 2004).

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