Mobile Opportunities. Poverty and Telephony Access in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Case of Trinidad and Tobago
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Mobile Opportunities: National Reports |
| Publication date |
2007 |
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61 |
| Language |
English |
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Summary
A quantitative survey of low-income communities in Trinidad and Tobago, was used as the basis for the country study. The sample of 537 respondents out of a total country population of 1,262,366, was selected using information from local studies which estimate that 17% of the population is poor (Kairi Consultants, 2007). The study is motivated by an interest in identifying possible ways of empowering the poor in Trinidad and Tobago through telecommunications. To this end, it analyses the access and barriers to communications services among the poor as well as their use and perceptions of such services. Although the study examines patterns of use for fixed lines, mobile and the Internet, it focuses primarily on mobile as this technology reportedly has high levels of penetration among the poor in developing countries and has considerable potential as a vehicle for inclusion.
TELEPHONY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; LATIN AMERICA; CARIBBEAN
