Mobile internet usage growing in Uganda (Uganda)The internet usage in Uganda is gradually shifting from traditional fixed access to mobile wireless access, a Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) official reportedly said. According to the officials the shift is a direct result of operators investing millions of dollars into network upgrades.
According to a report, there were 175,568 active mobile Internet users in Uganda between January and March 2008. These users accessed the Internet through either data-enabled handsets or at fixed WiFi hotspots.
Though Infocom made the first foray into mobile Internet in 2006 with hotspots in Kampala, mobile Internet was only widely introduced in Uganda in June 2007 through MTN’s launch of Mobile Office. Therefore, comparative user data is not available for the first quarter of 2007.
Infocom has also widened the reach of its mobile Internet offerings over the past year, with the expansion of WiMax and the introduction of a new broadband offering called SpeedMax.
