| Description |
1 online resource (293 pages) |
| Series |
River Publishers Series in Communications |
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River Publishers series in communications.
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| Contents |
Cover; RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN COMMUNICATIONS; Tittle -- The African Mobile Story; copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Some Policy Considerations in the Light of Mobile Broadband Development in Africa; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 More Wireless Broadband Connections than Fixed; 1.3 Mobile Broadband Generally Cheaper than Fixed; 1.4 Mobile is faster than Fixed Broadband; 1.5 Arising Policy Concerns; 1.5.1 International Bandwidth, National Backbone and Backhaul Networks; 1.5.2 Access Network; 1.5.3 Broadband Pricing and Affordability |
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1.5.4 Quality of Service1.5.5 Public Private Interplay and Regulatory Interface; 1.6 Conclusion; 2 The Impact of Liberalization on the Mobile Telephony Market in Africa: the Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Market Reforms; 2.2.1 Short Overview of Market Reforms in Africa; 2.2.2 Privatization; 2.2.3 Liberalization; 2.2.3.1 Pre-Liberalization Level of Mobile Penetrationin Africa; 2.2.3.2 Post- Liberalization Level of Mobile Penetration in Africa; 2.3 Case Studies; 2.3.1 Pre-Regulator Mobile Market in Ghana; 2.3.2 Post -- Regulator Mobile Market in Ghana |
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2.3.3 The Ghanaian Mobile Telephony Market Today2.3.4 Conclusion; 2.4 Conclusion; 3 Telecommunications in Africa -- Regulation, Technologies, and Markets; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Telecommunications Regulatory Trends; 3.3 Telecommunications Technology Deployment; 3.4 Market Trends; 3.5 Summary; 4 The Prepaid Mobile Market in Africa; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Advantage and Disadvantages of Prepaid; 4.3 Mobile Financials: Africa vs. the Rest ofWorld; 4.4 Challenges for the Prepaid Market; 4.5 Marketing and Product Development of Prepaid; 4.6 Similarities between Europe and Africa |
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4.7 Competition, Consolidation, and Cooperation4.8 The Case for Consolidation; 4.9 Why not have the Government Provide Mobile Communications?; 4.10 Carrier's Carrier Model; 4.11 Investment and Corporate Structure; 4.12 Innovation, Devices and the Prepaid Market; 4.13 Solutions; 4.13.1 Ways for an Operator to Improve the Prepaid Business Case; 4.13.2 How to Address the Multi SIMWorld; 4.14 Conclusion; 4.15 Appendix; 5 Mobile Devices Vulnerabilities: Challenges to Mobile Development in Africa; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Mobile Devices and Vulnerabilities; 5.3 Applications Vulnerabilities |
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5.4 Twitter Security5.5 The Facebook Security; 5.6 Security in Mobile Social Media; 5.6.1 Mobile Malware; 5.6.2 iOS Vulnerabilities; 5.7 Possible Solutions; 5.8 Conclusion; 6 Achieving Scale and Sustainability in M-health Solutions for HIV/AIDS in Africa; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Scaling Up and Sustainability of Health Promotion Programs; 6.3 Methodology; 6.3.1 Materials; 6.4 HIV/AIDS in Africa; 6.5 Mobile Phones and M-health in HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa; 6.6 Challenges for Scale and Sustainability; 6.6.1 Individual Level Barriers; 6.6.2 Organisation/Institutional Controls |
| Summary |
Africa and especially Sub-Saharan Africa has during the past decade witnessed one of the fastest growing markets in mobile communication. This growth is recognized to have played a pivotal role in Africa's socio-economic development. It has had a huge impact on residential living patterns; on business networks and models; and on government services and income sources. The mobile industry has contributed more to economic growth than in any other comparable region globally introducing innovative, broadly used applications. Technical topics discussed in the book include: Mobile Development in Sub-Saharan Africa; Telecom Liberalization in Africa; Role of Mobile in Socio-economic Development; Mobile Applications in specific sectors; Security in African Mobile; Role of Prepaid in Africa |
| Notes |
6.6.3 Community Action |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Knud Erik Skouby, Williams Idongesit |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cell phone systems.
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Cell phone systems -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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TECHNOLOGY / Telecommunications
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Cell phone systems
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Idongesit, Williams
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| LC no. |
2015520123 |
| ISBN |
9788793102644 |
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879310264X |
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8793102631 |
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9788793102637 |
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9781003339694 |
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1003339697 |
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9781000794199 |
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1000794199 |
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9781000797350 |
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100079735X |
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