Molinari, Andrea
Mobile Opportunities: Poverty and Telephony Access in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Case of Argentina
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Original Title: Oportunidades Móviles: Pobreza y Acceso a la Telefonía en Amárica Latina y el Caribe. El caso de Argentina
This study belongs to the project Mobile Opportunities: Poverty and Telephony Access in Latin America and the Caribbean, which aims at understanding the strategies used by the poor in the LAC region to access telephony services. In addition, it seeks to identify the main barriers encountered both by the market to extend its frontiers and by a sophisticated use of telephony among low income groups.
Affordability of mobile phone service in Latin America
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This study aims at contributing to the discussion about the regulatory tools that could improve access to telephone services by the poor. We analyse the costs and alternatives the poor face when buying telephone services, as well as the level of expenditure this represents in their consumption basket. In other words, we seek to evaluate the affordability of telephone services (and of mobile telephony in particular) among the poor.
