Dear all,
as always, a great article by Richard Heeks around the actual real
mobile usage figures
Stephane
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What is the relation between mobile subscription statistics and actual ownership and usage and non-usage of mobiles in developing countries?
An answer is now at: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/ - but I would appreciate further sources and improvements.
I've put together what I could find (thanks also to Rich Ling). The guesstimates are:
- Per capita mobile ownership is c.75% of subscriptions per capita; range from 50-100%
- Two users on average per privately-owned phone, but add more users to account for public mobiles
- 300m developing country adults have yet to make a phone call; add many more to account for under-15s
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Richard Heeks
Director, Centre for Development Informatics
University of Manchester, UK
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