gonzobuzz-ing » Mobile Networks http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog Pondering the Social Web from a Small Business perspective Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Telecoms in Emerging Markets http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog/2009/09/27/telecoms-in-emerging-markets/ http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog/2009/09/27/telecoms-in-emerging-markets/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:39:43 +0000 john http://www.gonzobuzz.com/blog/?p=188 The Economist has published a special report on telecoms in emerging markets – a collection of articles looking at how the spread of mobile phones in developing countries is reshaping the mobile landscape.

Of particular interest is the development of new phone-based data services which go well beyond simple music downloads and gaming.  The evolving mobile networks are also poised to bring full internet access to a mass of people in the developing world who have so far been largely excluded from the Web.  This will surely open up exciting new opportunities for developers and independent software vendors who are savvy to the needs of these emerging markets.

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