Report
In October 2005, the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication (ARNIC) at the University of Southern California (USA) held a workshop – “Wireless Communication and Development: A Global Perspective” – as part of a multi-disciplinary effort to study the emergence of new communication infrastructures, examine the transformation of government policies and communication patterns, and analyse the social and economic consequences. This paper by Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas Telecommunications Research Program Telecom (CIDE) analyses the expansion of the mobile sector in the Latin American region, identifies the driving forces behind this growth, and provides the market context in which it is occurring.