Mobile Phone Studies in Latin America

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1. Mobile opportunities: poverty and mobile telephony in Latin America and the Caribbean. The case of Mexico

   Judith Mariscal in Communication Technologies in Latin America and Africa: A multidisciplinary perspective (2009)

   While the use of mobile telephony continues to expand at unexpected rates, academic literature seeks to explain the causes for this phenomenon as well as its social and economic impact. Not only is the speed at which mobile telephony is being…

   Added 2010-09-08 11 readers
2. Mobile phones as a tool in the household production process. Evidence from Puno, Peru

   Roxana Barrantes in Communication Technologies in Latin America and Africa: A multidisciplinary perspective (2009)

   In less developed countries, mobile phones are the chosen means to access telecommunication services, particularly among the poor. In rural areas, usually lacking fixed telephony and public phones, there was a delay in mobile phone expansion and,…

   Added 2010-09-08 9 readers
3. Public resale of mobile telephone minutes: An alternative access for low-income households in Colombia

   Luis Fernando Gamboa, Luis H. Gutiérrez in Technology in Society (2010)

   In recent years in Colombia, the informal resale of mobile telephone minutes as an alternative means of access to mobile telephony has allowed access for many low-income people not financially eligible for mobile plans. With data from a 2007 survey…

   Added 2010-09-03 10 readers
4. Mobilising Poverty?: Mobile Phone Use and Everyday Spatial Mobility Among Low-Income Families in Santiago, Chile

   Sebastian Ureta in The Information Society (2008)

   Added 2010-08-19 24 readers
5. Local Strategies for Accessing Mobile Telephony . Functions and Structures of the Informal Market in a Low-Income Area Jaris Mujica

   Jaris Mujica in Strategies (2007)

   Added 2010-08-19 6 readers
6. Mobile Communications in Mexico in the Latin American Context

   Judith Mariscal, Eugenio Rivera in Information Technologies and International Development (2007)

   Added 2010-08-19 9 readers
7. Social Impact of Mobile Telephony in Latin America

   GMS (2006)

   This study analyzes the impact of mobile telephones on rural and semi-urban areas in Latin America. There has been a lot of debate on the positive economic impact in economic terms of investments in mobile telephony in the region, mainly translated…

   Added 2010-08-19 7 readers
8. Diversifying Network Development : Microtelcos in Latin America and the

   Hernan Galperin (2005)

   Added 2010-08-19 4 readers
9. Wireless Networks and Rural Development: Opportunities for Latin America

   Hernan Galperin in Information Technologies and International Development (2005)

   Added 2010-08-19 12 readers
10. Strategic Use of Mobile Telephony at the Bottom of the Pyramid : The Case of Mexico

    Regina De Angoitia, Fernando Ramirez in Information Technologies and International Development (2009)

    The growing importance of mobile telephony for users at the bottom of the pyramid is reºected in the high proportion of their incomes devoted to this service. Evidence from communities in the developing world, where low- income users have developed…

    Added 2010-08-19