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"Telecoms thriving in lawless Somalia" by Joseph Winter, BBC News, 19 November 2004: "...surfing the web is charged at 50 US cents an hour - 'the cheapest rate in Africa' according to the manager of one internet cafe. But how do you establish a phone company in a country where there is no government? In some respects, it is actually easier. There is no need to get a licence and there is no state-run monopoly which prevents new competitors being established... And of course there is no one to demand any taxes, which is one reason why prices are so low..."

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