Report ASC Working Paper 99 (February 2012) by Mirjam de Bruijn and Inge Brinkman with Hisham Bilal and Peter Taban Wani on the effects and meaning of the mobile phone in a (post)war economy in Karima, Khartoum and Juba, Sudan. It sets mobile communication against Sudan’s history of trade, transport and communication technologies. It dates … Continue reading The Nile Connection: Effects and Meaning of the Mobile Phone in a (Post)War Economy in Karima, Khartoum and Juba, Sudan
Report A PhD thesis (University of Warwick, February 2009) by Mfuh W. Fuaye Kenji on the impact of mobile telephony services on the performance of micro-businesses in developing economies, with evidence from micro-business communities in Afghanistan and Cameroon. The file is long. Region Africa, Asia-Pacific Country Afghanistan, Cameroon Category Economic Organisation / Author Mfuh W. … Continue reading The Impact of Mobile Telephony Services on Performance Outcomes of Micro-Businesses in Developing Economies: Evidence from Afghanistan and Cameroon
Report A slide presentation by Luis Fernando Gamboa of the Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, supported by IDRC, on how poor people in Latin American countries use mobile phones strategically to keep costs down, including the price gap between on-net and off-net calls. It is a slide deck rather than a full paper. Region Americas Country … Continue reading The Strategic Use of Mobile Phone among Poor People in Some Latin American Countries (slides)
Report A 2009 case study by Hopeton S. Dunn of the University of the West Indies, published in info (volume 11, issue 2), a special issue on wireless applications for the next billion users. It looks at the challenges of moving from voice telephony to mobile broadband among low-income Jamaicans. The PDF includes the contents … Continue reading From Voice Ubiquity to Mobile Broadband: Challenges of Technology Transition among Low-Income Jamaicans
