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- Re: Mobile phones in the developing world - Part II
By: Brian Rubineau
Date: Feb 13, 2007 10:36 PM
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31 January 2007
Mobile phones in the developing world - Part II
Inspired by Jeph's entry on mobile phones and the developing world, I would like to provide some additional information on this topic. In Africa, 50% of telephone lines are in major cities and 90% of Africa’s overall telephone network is located in South Africa. Mobile phone penetration is now about 9% compared to an internet penetration of 2.6%. Morocco’s mobile phone penetration was 24 per 100 inhabitants in 2004, while fixed line penetration remained unchanged at its 1995 level (4 per 100 inhabitants). Indeed, Researchers of London Business School (Link to the study sponsored by Vodafone) found that, in a typical developing country, a rise of ten mobile phones per 100 people boosts GDP growth by 0.6 percentage points. Here is a link to a presentation by one of the researchers.
Average US landline/cell phone penetration is around 94% compared to an average internet penetration of 68% in the US. According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) overall landline penetration in Europe was 56% and 88% of the population had mobile phones in 2004. Asian countries like Japan or Korea remain the leaders in 3G and are already working on the next version. All in all, mobile phones are much more pervasive and capable to bridge the digital divide (infrastructure, socia or income related).
Update: Here is a link to a related study in the McKinsey Quarterly that just came out.
Posted by Alexander Schellong at January 31, 2007 5:31 AM
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Building on this saturation of cell phone usage and coverage in Africa particularly, here ( http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21281&hed=Cell+Phones+Fighting+HIV%2FAIDS ) is a recent article about using cell phones to help physicians and health care workers meet the staggering HIV/AIDS needs throughout the continent.
Posted by: Brian Rubineau at February 13, 2007 10:36 PM