Policy and Regulatory Issues in the Mobile Internet

Author:
Association for Progressive Communications
Publisher:
Association for Progressive Communications
Publication Date:
1 May 2011
Tags:
Africa, ICT and Telecom, Legal and Judicial Affairs

The mobile phone is rapidly becoming media, both as a primary source for content and as a platform for delivery of content. With rapid changes in what a mobile phone can actually do, millions of people are using it to access the internet and to upload and distribute content.

In many developing countries, a mobile phone is the technology device most likely to be owned by people after a radio but, unlike the latter, most people will carry the mobile phone with them almost everywhere.

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