Richard, Here are three things that might help. Also, a visit to the "free statistics" site of the ITU might turn up some discussion of all this.
Rich L. Sutherland, E. (2008). Counting Mobile Phones, SIM Cards & Customers.Wits, South Africa: LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand. James, J., & Versteeg, M. (2007). Mobile phones in Africa: how much do we really know? Social Indicators Research 84(1), 117-26. Kalba, K. (2008). The adoption and diffusion of mobile phones - nearing the halfway mark. International Journal of Communication 2, 631-61. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard H Sent: 27. februar 2009 01:19 To: mobile-society Subject: [mobile-society] Seeking Sources on Mobile Ownership vs. Subscriptions Can anyone point me to a source(s) discussing - ideally with some stats - the differences between mobile subscriptions and actual ownership and use; especially in Africa. I've found a couple of items discussing the issues - an article by Jeffrey James in Soc Indic Res journal, and http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/material/sutherland-mobile-numbers.pdf But nothing yet that says something like - "actual ownership of mobiles averages 64% of the subscription statistics in East Africa" or similar. Thanks Richard H --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
