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 To subscribe to the blog, visit: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/feed/ Richard Heeks Director, Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
