Mobile telephony has experienced a dramatic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and it has an average penetration level of around 80 per cent. But with average costs that double the rates of mobile services in OECD countries, who can afford it?
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Multinational Companies (MNCs) cannot get what they are looking for on the mobile market, which is: cross-border one-stop shopping; one-stop billing; centralized management; and last but not least, reasonable prices. These are the main conclusions of a new study by INTUG.
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Prices for ICT services are falling worldwide, yet broadband Internet remains outside the reach of many in poor countries, according to a new report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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The Canadian government overruled its regulator CRTC Friday and declared start-up wireless carrier Globalive, financed largely by an Egyptian company, to be Canadian. The company can now start offering service in Canada.
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Six U.S. consumer-oriented organizations recently put their focus on mobile costs.
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As of this year, China and India may have the world’s largest mobile markets, but the African continent is catching up fast. As of mid-2007, there were over 231 million mobile subscribers. This represents an increase of 45 per cent year-on-year, a rate that has made the continent the world’s single fastest-growing regional mobile market.
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The European Commission yesterday introduced rules to harmonize the technical and licensing requirements for mobile communication services on aircraft. Passengers’ phones will communicate through an onboard cellular network connected to the ground via satellite.
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Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden are world leaders in broadband deployment with penetration rates over 30 per cent by the end of 2007, according to the European Commission’s 13th Progress Report on the Single Telecoms Market, issued today.
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