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Infrastructure

Introduction

This section is about mobile infrastructure. Information, reports statistics about the mobile infrastucture available in Developing Countries.

Note to the contributors: Please cite the source, the date of the information, and a brief summary

Resources

• Nokia Siemens Network connectivity Scorecard
  The Connectivity Scorecard measures the availability of Information and Communications technologies, and the extent to which people, governments and enterprises put these technologies to economically productive use.

• The Size of the Mobile Industry in 2009 - short overview of major stats
  March 31 2009

• African Signals
  African Signals is a site dedicated to finding out and showing local rates for mobile phone and internet connections around Africa

• GSM Coverage Map
  Jan. 2008

• Mobile phone subscribers per 1,000 people

• World Bank ICT at a Glance tables
  Database of telecom-related data, by country

• MobileActive database
  basic mobile phone data, drawn from World Bank, with mobile providers also listed

• Mobile Telecommunications Companies in Sub-Saharan Africa
  List of all providers, by country (includes ownership links)

• Africa Mobile Fact Book 2008
  Some facts about Africa Mobile information (infrastructure, handsets,...)
  February 2008

• Mobile Penetration in India
  a report by TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
  March 2008

• The economic impact of mobile services in Latin America
  A report for the GSMA, GSM Latin America and AHCIET. Contains information about mobile infrastructure about Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru
  December 2005

• 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
  from September 2007 and onward

• Mobile Services Evolution 2008-2018
  This report takes a look at the potential evolution of mobile technology and services over the course of the next 10 years and discusses an M-Services framework for building and deploying diverse mobile services.
  July 2008

• Evolution of ICT factors in Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique, Senegal, Benin, Niger, Mali
  Covers from 2000 till 2007 (in french)

• Taxation and the growth of mobile services in sub-Saharan Africa
  GSMA Report 2007

• Beyond Subscriptions: Actual Ownership, Use and Non-Use of Mobiles in Developing Countries
  Richard Heeks
  March 2009

• African internet population and usage statistics

• A wiki with summarized overviews of the ICT situation in each African country. PanAfriL10n

• Wikipedia's page on a list of Mobile Network Operators

• Steve Song's list of 2008 SMS costs by African country

• Wiki hosted at NearlyFreeSpeech.net

• Name and creation, grudgingly supplied by WhiteAfrican