Economics

Economic and Social Impact of Mobile Communications in Developing Countries

Economic and Social Impact of Mobile Communications in Developing Countries

The positive implications of landline telecoms infrastructure and, more recently, of mobile communications on economic growth in the developed world have long been acknowledged, with numerous studies analyzing the issue. Now that most of the developed world has reached high penetration levels of mobile phones, both current Growth patterns and future projections suggest that virtually all of the mobile industry’s new customers in the  coming years will come from developing countries.