Mobile telephones now account for 75 percent of all telephone connections in nineteen of the poorest African countries. The growth in the numbers of mobile telephone subscribers in developing countries is twice that in developed countries. This conference examines recent empirical findings that mobile communication services have stimulated economic growth in developing countries, especially those in Africa. These findings have implications for national and international policies concerning the regulation of telecommunications and of foreign direct investment in developing countries.
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