[u]Mobile telecoms in rural areas[/u] by Allen L Hammond, World Resource Institute, USA in: i4d magazine, June 2008 In this issue, the contributors have tried to comprehend whether mobiles really expedite the process of development or not. They have also tried to know what mobile technologies are presently available, what is the level of mobile penetration in different geopolitical locations, what is the extent of usage of mobile telephony in e-Governance, how mobile phones can be effectively used (mainly in developing countries) as an information dissemination tool etc. The issue is replete with case studies, interviews and articles on mobiles and their roles in the development process. We ardently hope that the present issue will certainly ring up the curtain and open up unexplored dimensions before the reader. Mobile telephony facilitates connectivity in rural areas and stimulates socio-economic growth and reconstruction process. [url]http://i4donline.net/June08/1978.pdf[/url]
