[afnog] Standards wars (was: [members-discuss] Alteration of the Constitution of AFRINIC)

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Dear Amin,
At 01:11 PM 16-08-2025, Amin Dayekh wrote:
>Indeed an upstream that will tie any network to a specific brand 
>category is untrue.
>
>With the rapid changes in our industry we should have always be 
>openminded to change, so that we dont fall prey to Nokia story

One of the problem which impacted Nokia is its localization 
strategy.  I suggest looking into Transsion.  The company had a 52% 
market share in the region in 2024. [1]  It does not have much of a 
presence over here.  I guess that the company's strategy is only 
effective in some parts of the region.

The following is from 2015: http://r.elandsys.com/r/68147  The 
operating system never made it as a mobile platform.  I visited the 
customer outlet of an Internet service provider today.  Most of the 
mobile phones on display are Asian brands.  One of them is a $200 
phone with an Exynos 1480 chipset.  I previously tested some apps on 
it.  The performance was comparable to what I would have expected 
from a high-end phone.  The specific model would not work well in the 
U.S. as it does not support all the 5G bands used in that region.

Someone would have to build the network for the customer to be able 
to use the functionality which the phone is built for.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

1. https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/african-smartphone-market-Q2-2024