From Mobile Web For Social Development (MW4D)

Emerging Market Handsets

Introduction

This section gathers information about handsets targeted at developing countries.

Resources

Deployment Information

• Beyond Subscriptions: Actual Ownership, Use and Non-Use of Mobiles in Developing Countries
  Richard Heeks
  March 2009
• The Size of the Mobile Industry in 2009 - short overview of major stats
  March 31 2009
• Africa Mobile Fact Book 2008
  Some facts about Africa Mobile information (infrastructure, handsets,...)
  February 2008
• Admobs Mobile Metrics Report
  Report about mobile traffic in different regions of the World. Notably Traffic, Manufacturers and Devices for Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania, Philippines, South Africa, India and Indonesia
  July 2008

Handset Specifications

• Vodafone annoucement for Vodafone branded emerging markets phones
• Nokia Emerging Market Product Line
• Motorola C113 and c113a
• GSMA Emerging Marking Handset Program
• Rwanda gets locally made handsets
  A Chinese electronics company, has unveiled its first mobile phone handsets manufactured in Rwanda. This makes Rwanda the first country in the region to sell locally manufactured mobile phones.
  Sept. 2008
• Nokia Brings the Web to Emerging Markets by Jack Ewing
  Business Week
  November 2008 "Its $50 mobile phones could be winners in offering Internet access to Indian farmers and millions of others"