Opinion: “SMS still top service for Asia-Pacific mobile phone users,” declares International Data Corporation (IDC) after its recent survey of 4,056 urban Internet users. So far, so good...

Regulation, Africa:  A Pan-African ICT regulatory agency, dealing specifically with ICT issues with a continent-wide bearing, could help reduce the costs of communications to African governments, businesses and individuals. This is the view of Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO).

Regulation, Government, GSM, Africa:  Almost 30% more people (25 million) in Sub-Saharan Africa would have mobile phones if it was not for the unpredictable and short-term approach to regulation in many countries in the region, according to a PriceWaterhouse Coopers study published by the GSM Association (GSMA).

Latin America’s mobile industry generates almost US$20 billion of economic activity each year: nearly 1.3% of regional GDP and 2.5% of the region’s capital investment. Last year, moreover, mobile operators invested more than US$7 billion in Latin America.

As India prepares for its largest ever expansion of telecoms the Indian Ministry of Telecommunications is considering a proposal to make it mandatory for equipment suppliers to manufacture equipment in India. Michael Schwartz assesses India's progress towards becoming a telecoms giant.

Regulation, West Africa: Fifteen West African nations have today (7 October 2005) agreed to a common regulatory framework for their national ICT markets...