Tuesday, June 19, 2007

West Africa seen topping 100 mln mobile users by 2011

(Reuters) - West Africa's booming cell phone market will double by 2011 to more than 100 million subscribers, driven by growth in the continent's biggest market, Nigeria, industry executives and analysts said on Tuesday.

With fixed-line telecoms infrastructure scarce in many parts of Africa, a fall in the cost of mobile handsets and in the price of calls has sparked a boom across the continent.


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