With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost
every society on earth. In 2007, the world had over 3 billion mobile subscriptions …

Compared to local and global Asian competitors, Western Multinational Companies struggle
to offer successful innovations in emerging markets. This research aims to define …

In the field of communications, it is widely appreciated that the spread of mobile phones in
India is one of the world's great developments. While mostly in the urban areas, the nearly …

In light of the growing ubiquity of mobile phones within the context of developing countries,
there is a gap in understanding the information and communication needs of rural users …

This paper investigated the precise mechanism adopted by some firms to enter and sustain
in challenging, non-remunerative and fragmented markets like the Bottom of the Pyramid …

The 2008 TRE survey is a perception based assessment by informed stakeholders in the
telecom industry regarding the efficacy of regulation and policy with respect to seven …

Within a decade of its commercialization, mobile communication is often more used than
landline telephony. Whereas in the early 1990s only the privileged few used mobile …

Technology has always played an important role in the development. For instance, the
impact of green revolution technologies to increase agricultural productivity in small land …

This chapter provides a general mapping of grassroots practices associated with an
alternative mobile handset culture that has emerged from the bottom up in the Global South …

Privatisation, competition and regulation have been, and continue to be, at the centre of
public policy discussions with the spectrum of the debate ranging from the ideological …