CaseStudy

Resarch on and > > LaFraniere, Shannon. "Cellphones Catapult Rural Africa to 21st Century." //NY TImes// 25 Aug 2005, Print > [] > > Although this has been five years dated it shows the rapid growth of the cell phone industry in Africa. This includes the more rural regions as well. Where people cannot afford a refrigerator or a stove, they place airtime for a prepaid cell phone on thier grocery list. It is copared to the TV boom in Amerca of the 1940's. The impact is wide affecting. Towers cannot be put up as quick. 1 in 11 African adults are cell phone suscribers. For the other ten, some of them are charged by the carriers for such borrowed cell phone use. > > Buttler, Rhett. "Cell Phone Use May Help "Save" Africa." //Mongabay// 11 Jul 2005: n. pag. Web. 12 Apr 2010. []
 * cell phone use and availability in remote areas of Africa**
 * **telecommunications in rural Africa**.........................................................(Spring Break Assignment)
 * Mobiles save people living in rural communities the financial costs and time involved with travel. As a result, 85 percent of people in Tanzania and 79 percent in South Africa said they had greater contact and improved relationships with families and friends as a result of mobile phones
 * 62 percent of small businesses in South Africa and 59 percent in Egypt said they had increased their profits as a result of mobile phones, in spite of increased call costs
 * Over 85 percent of small businesses run by black individuals in South Africa rely solely on a mobile phone for telecommunications The results of this study suggest that growth in the African telecom market will continue to pay off African economies.