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African Taste Social – Technical Impact of Mobile Phones
May 11, 2006
In the last few years there has been a heightened demand for mobile phones in Africa, much beyond exception and this demand is expected to grow even further. Mobile operators who generally target urban places, now experience unexceptional demand from low income and rural areas. As demand from urban areas saturate, the future mobile users will be rural based. In this way the use of mobile phones, already a part of African culture will become complete.
Cell phones are becoming more and more vital to African countries in three forms:
-In the role of an infrastructure service – This is improving market efficiency, investment promotion, reduction in risk on or after disaster, and adding to empowerment.
-In the role of an economic sector – The mobile operators may earn huge profits as well as pay for taxes.
-In the role of a domestic expenditure – This upholds public assets and offers for economic management.
A recent market research report namely “African Mobile Handset Market Analysis (2006-2009)” published by RNCOS says that in the past five years Africa has been the fastest growing mobile market in the world. Africa has more than 84 million mobile users; and Nigerian market has been growing at over 98% each year.
Market analysts are surprised by such rapid development as African mobile operators are using mobile technology most innovatively to meet the need for a cashless transfer system. This is already evident among Ugandan consumers who are purchasing scratch cards and texting code number to make cashless transfers.
The report also finds that a major cellular service provider namely MTN in South Africa has reached advance stages of planning to launch a mobile banking operation.
The market research report provides an objective analysis on the growing market for world mobile handset industry, their technologies and influence on the market.
The report covers an economic perspective and number of operators in both sections – Mobile Device and Handset in the world market. These span for countries like Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia. Various forecasts facilitate manufacturers and service providers to predict the future trends of the African Mobile Industry. Market forecasts facilitate manufacturers and service providers to anticipate the future trends of the African Mobile Industry.
For more information visit: http://www.rncos.com/Report/IM033.htm
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