全球电信行业组织GSMA呼吁非洲政府降低无线电频谱成本，认为高昂费用正在阻碍对更快移动网络的投资。该组织估计，相关改革可在2035年前为非洲经济增加超过1200亿美元，扩大4G和5G覆盖，并提升生产力。
GSMA, the global telecoms industry body, has urged African governments to cut the cost of radio frequency spectrum, arguing the expense is holding back investment in faster mobile networks. Reforms could add more than $120 billion to the African economy by 2035, expand 4G and 5G coverage, and raise productivity, it estimated.
GSMA表示，非洲运营商的频谱费用占年收入的比例显著高于全球平均水平，博茨瓦纳、斯威士兰、莫桑比克和赞比亚被列为费用较高的国家。该组织在其研究机构发布的一份报告中提出降低频谱费用的呼吁。目前，未来十年内将有价值超过100亿美元的频谱许可证需要更新，而许多非洲政府正面临财政收入不足和债务压力。在多个市场，频谱拍卖已成为政府重要的收入来源，这导致政府财政目标与运营商将频谱用作连接工具的诉求之间产生紧张关系。
The GSMA said spectrum charges as a portion of annual revenue are significantly higher than the global average for African operators — Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Zambia were named among the pricier countries. The push for cheaper deals, contained in a report from GSMA’s research wing, comes as more than $10 billion worth of licenses will need to be renewed within the next decade, just as many African governments are struggling to raise revenue and contain debt. In several markets, spectrum auctions have become significant sources of state revenue, creating tensions between governments’ fiscal goals and operators’ calls to use them as a connectivity tool.
