Theme: Wireless and portable – un-tethered ICT
Wireless, portable and mobile – or not – brings connectivity where wires cannot or, often, just do not reach. Wireless brings hope and opportunity to underserved and remote regions. Every ten per cent increase in telecommunications penetration, according to one often quoted estimate, brings an increase of at least 1.2 per cent in GDP. New technologies, mobile money – to cite just one, might bring even greater increases. What will be the impact of Africa’s extraordinarily rapid adoption of mobile and wireless technology?
Issue: Africa and the Middle East 2009 Article no.: 4 Topic: Mobile communications for…