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Mobile instant messaging has the potential of providing the youth not only with a social space where they can interact and bond but also with a learning environment. MXit is the most popular mobile instant messaging application in South Africa. Due…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Price dispersion across markets is common in developing countries. Using novel market and trader-level data, this paper provides estimates of the impact of mobile phones on price dispersion across grain markets in Niger. The introduction of mobile…
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In this paper we present a study comparing speech and dialed input voice user interfaces for farmers in Gujarat, India. We ran a controlled, between-subjects experiment with 45 participants. We found that the task completion rates were significantly…
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Ghana liberalized its telecommunications sector in 1995. This article examines the impact of the phenomenal growth in access to cell phones on informal traders’ business practices. The study demonstrates how these “telecommunication pioneers” have…
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A survey in Kigali, Rwanda, suggests that mobiles are allowing microentrepreneurs to develop new business contacts. The results detail the impact of mobile ownership on the social networks of microentrepreneurs in lowteledensity areas, focusing on…
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