In 2006, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported that access to information and communication technologies continues to grow at high speed. Especially important was the growth rate of mobile subscribers in developing countries, considerably reducing the gap with the developed world. It is well known that the development of mobile technology, as in any other industry, may improve economic development by creating new sources of revenue, new jobs and economic spill-over effects to other industries. Besides, it is also known that any wireless technology in general have some specifics advantages in terms of reducing transaction costs, widening markets, becoming a substitute for costly transportation and creating better information flows. However, what it is not so intuitive is that mobile technology has also a very important socio-cultural and political impact.
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