If I remember correctly, similar correlation between the fixed phone penetration and economic growth in developing countries was also found in the 1980s.
Regards, Boxu Yang Peking (Beijing) University 发件人: [email protected] [mailto:mobile-soci...@googlegroups. com] 代表 [email protected] 发送时间: 2009年5月4日 21:56 收件人: [email protected] 主题: [mobile-society] Economic impact of mobiles Some of you may be interested in this: "Kenya's experience is just one example of the amazing impact that <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/mobilephones> mobile phones are having on economic growth in developing countries. A report commissioned by Vodafone, <http://bit.ly/cash23> India: The Impact of Mobile Phones found that Indian states with high mobile penetration grow faster economically than those with lower penetration by as much as 1.2 percentage points a year for every 10% increase in the penetration rate. Even if that were only half true it is an astonishing tribute to the power of mobiles as an engine of growth." Full article at: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/30/banking-technology> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/30/banking-technology Lynne Hamill University of Surrey --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
