Mobile/cell phone use in developing countries

News

• PSD Blog. 23 May 2007. Race to the bottom: cell phones in India.
• Business Week. 24 Sep 2007. Upwardly Mobile in Africa.
• PSD Blog. 26 Feb 2008. One cell phone for every two humans.

  There's a particularly interesting anecdote that illustrates how unpredictable cell phone expansion has been. Mckinsey & Co., the consulting firm, in 1980 underestimated what the size of the cell phone market would be in the year 2000. Its number was not even 1 percent of the actual market size in 2000.
• Silicon.com. 28 Feb 2008.  Satellite comms to bridge digital divide.
• Guardian. 16 Mar 2008.   Apple sets out strategy to dominate mobile market.

Projects

• Nokia Universal access and Bridgeit programmes

Papers

• Robert Jensen. The Digital Provide.