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  #1 Reseena Abdullah on 07 Oct 09

   

  http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14483896
  
  The article above details the issue surrounding the telecommunications markets in the developing countries. It mentions how mobile technology has increased the proliferation of technology in these regions. It is seemingly allowing for the bridging of the digital divide. These mobile technologies have opened up new markets and introduced new low-cost services to them via their mobile phones.
  
  However, the extent to which mobile technology has helped alleviate this problem is questionable. In fact, it seems that the current divide is spilling over into the Third World markets. The article states that users own multiple handsets and SIM cards and this may result in the skewed representation of the pervasiveness of the technology. And in the same way that there are a select group of people who have access to technology, the same thing is being replicated with mobile technology in these countries. Perhaps the introduction of technology to these emergent markets has to be carried out differently from what is being done in developed countries.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14483896" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14483896</a> <br /> <br /> The article above details the issue surrounding the telecommunications markets in the developing countries. It mentions how mobile technology has increased the proliferation of technology in these regions. It is seemingly allowing for the bridging of the digital divide. These mobile technologies have opened up new markets and introduced new low-cost services to them via their mobile phones. <br /> <br /> However, the extent to which mobile technology has helped alleviate this problem is questionable. In fact, it seems that the current divide is spilling over into the Third World markets. The article states that users own multiple handsets and SIM cards and this may result in the skewed representation of the pervasiveness of the technology. And in the same way that there are a select group of people who have access to technology, the same thing is being replicated with mobile technology in these countries. Perhaps the introduction of technology to these emergent markets has to be carried out differently from what is being done in developed countries.</div>

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