{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/6112c70cdd5fed00129fbc36?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What's the story: Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert on mobile data and broadband trends","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/6112c70cdd5fed00129fbc36.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Paula Gilbert, Editor of Light Reading's sister site Connecting Africa. Paula recently reported that Sub-Saharan Africa is on track for mobile data traffic to skyrocket in the next five years. Meanwhile, fixed-broadband subscribers in South Africa have been declining. Paula joins the show to tell us what this means, why it matters and what's likely to happen next.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.lightreading.com/newsletter_signup.asp?utm_source=referral&amp;utm_medium=Acast&amp;utm_campaign=Podcast_CTA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Light Reading"}