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Sub-Saharan Africa: Universal Service Fund Study

London: GSMA (2014), 95 pp.

"The following report examines Universal Service Funds (‘USFs’) in 23 Sub-Saharan African (‘SSA’) countries These USFs are examined in a global context i.e., taking into account their characteristics and performance when measured against an additional 46 USFs in the Arab States, the Americas ... more

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The Mobile Economy Arab States

London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.

"Mobile has scaled dramatically over recent years in the Arab States. The region’s mobile industry is one of the fastest growing globally, with over half of the population having subscribed to a mobile service at the end of 2013. This figure is forecast to reach almost 60% of the population by 202 ... more

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Key Issues in the Development of Mobile Telephony in Botswana (1998-2011): An Empirical Investigation

William O. Lesitaokana

New Media & Society, volume 16, issue 5 (2014), pp. 840-855

"The study has shown that as a developing country, Botswana has done well to develop and structurally position the mobile telephony sector for the benefit of its citizens. This is evidenced by the high rate of subscription of mobile telephony countrywide and continuous attempts by the government to ... more

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Mobile Technology Handbook

Kerry Bruce, Alison Koler, Jade Lamb, Joris Vandelanotte, Reid Porter

Washington, DC: Pact (2014), 51 pp.

"This handbook is intended to give people involved in international development work a framework for getting started with mobile technology. It is meant to be paired with training slides that provide more examples and context. It was created using training resources developed by myself and by Alison ... more

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The Mobile Economy Latin America

London: GSMA (2014), 82 pp.

"The Latin America mobile market is now the fourth-largest globally, with almost 326 million unique subscribers and 718 million connections as of September of 2014. A little over half of the population in the region have now subscribed to a mobile service, a figure that is expected to reach almost 6 ... more

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The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa 2014

London: GSMA (2014), 68 pp.

"Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been the fastest growing region over the last five years, in terms of both unique subscribers and connections. By June 2014, there were 329 million unique subscribers, equivalent to a penetration rate of 38%. Consumers, governments and businesses across SSA are rapidly ... more

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The Mobile Economy Asia Pacific

London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.

"Asia Pacific is the world’s largest mobile region but also one of the most diverse regions in terms of the levels of both economic and mobile market development. Asia Pacific dominates the global mobile industry in terms of both unique subscribers and connections, having seen significant growth o ... more

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ICT Economic Impact Assessment

Philibert de Mercey, Daniel Skillings, Camille Le Coz

Altai Consulting;USAID (2014), 90 pp.

"The ICT sector is one of few undeniable success stories in Afghanistan’s development over the past 12 years. In 2002, telecommunications services were virtually non-existent, restricted to a very small number of fixed-line connections and satellite communications were unaffordable to the general ... more

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ICT Facts and Figures

Geneva: ITU (2014), 8 pp.

"The new figures show that, by the end of 2014, there will be almost 3 billion Internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world, and that the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally. Fifty-five per cent of these subscriptions are expected to be in ... more

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Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa: Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access

Natalija Gelvanovska, Michel Rogy, Carlo Maria Rossotto

Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), xxi, 192 pp.

"[This publication] re-emphasizes the important contribution that broadband Internet can make and assesses the status of existing infrastructure in at least 18 MENA countries. While there is significant potential across the region, the take-up of broadband Internet has been slow and the price of bro ... more

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Universal Access and Service: Toolkit

Geneva: ITU (2013), xvii, 106 pp.

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The World in 2013: ICT Facts and Figures

Geneva: ITU (2013), 8 pp.

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Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access

Philip Napoli, Jonathan Obar

Washington, DC: New America Foundation (2013), 20 pp.

"This paper offers a critical perspective on the process of mobile leapfrogging. Drawing upon data on Internet access and device penetration from 34 countries, this paper first shows that while greater access to mobile technologies suggests the possibility of a leapfrog effect, the lack of 3G adopti ... more

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TV White Spaces: A Pragmatic Approach

Ermanno Pietrosemoli, Marco Zennaro (eds.)

ICTP Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (2013), viii, 180 pp.

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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)

Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.

"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more

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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank;ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.

"This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability, and applications." (Abstract)

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