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MENA Region: Mobility for One Language, Diverse Cultures. The Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones in the Arab World

MTC;ABQZawya (2006), 135 pp.

Contains illustrations, graphs

I. OVERVIEW OF THE REGION'S MOBILE TELECOM SECTOR
Arab Mobile Markets / Ghassan Hasbani, 10
II. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONE NETWORKS
The Impact of Competition in Arab Mobile Markets / Sherine Al Shallah and Maroulla Haddad, 20
The Mobile Phone Industry and Economic Development: A Case Study on Egypt / Tarek H. Selim, 28
Telecom Companies and Arab Stock Exchanges: A True Love Affair / Adham Fayoumi, 38
III. SOCIAL IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONE NETWORKS
Dialing Change / Melhem Chaoul, 48
Cracking the Wall: The Effect of Mobile Phones in Palestine / Laura Ribeiro, 52
Arab Television and Mobile Phone: True Interaction / Habib Battah, 61
On the Ground: Calling the Bedouin / Saad G. Hattar, 66
IV. IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONE NETWORKS IN IRAQ
Evolution of the Iraqi Communications Sector / Abdulilah Dewachi, 72
The Iraqi Mobile Bang / Roula Yazbeck, 80
V. MENA SURVEY BY ACNIELSEN, 100