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Recent article from Africa and the Middle East 2008

	Article no.:	9
	Topic:	Mobile communications - a turning point for the Middle East and Africa
	Author:	Lorcan Burke
	Title:	CEO
	Organisation:	AdaptiveMobile Security
	PDF size:	212 KB

About author:
Lorcan Burke the CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Mobile Security is a 20 year veteran of telecoms. Prior to AdaptiveMobile, Mr Burke worked with the ETF venture capital group and advised companies such as Nomura Private Equity regarding investments in wireless, security and communications. Mr Burke also served as Ericsson’s CTO for the Vodafone account and as CTO of FirstMark Communications. He started his career with Nortel working in Europe and Asia in support, development, system integration, product management and general management.

Article abstract:
Mobile penetration exceeds fixed line penetration in the Middle East and Africa by five to one. Internet access - relatively few in the region have PCs, and SMS messaging have contributed to the popularity of mobile communications. The average age of users is dropping and harassment, bullying, inappropriate content and pornography are increasingly sent to young users’ mobile phones. Operators with in-depth security solutions, not only for businesses, but for concerned families as well, can provide operators with a significant competitive advantage.

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Free article from Latin America II 2003

	Article no.:	5
	Author:	Carlos Eduardo Balen Y Valenzuela
	Title:	Commissioner and former Executive Director
	Organisation:	Comision de Regulación de Comunicaciones - C.R.T - Colombia
	Topic:	Convergence, Globalisation And Universal Service
	PDF size:	252 KB

About author
The evolution of ICTs brings the promise of great social and economic impact developing economies. The convergence of networks and services poses a series of regulatory challenges. Traditionally, regulations defined services in terms of the transmission medium or frequencies assigned. Today, digital technologies transmit any and all content via any and all means of transmission. Consequently, service-bound regulatory structures will have to change to permit new technologies that will help the universalisation of access and, consequently, social and economic growth.

Article abstract
The evolution of ICTs brings the promise of great social and economic impact developing economies. The convergence of networks and services poses a series of regulatory challenges. Traditionally, regulations defined services in terms of the transmission medium or frequencies assigned. Today, digital technologies transmit any and all content via any and all means of transmission. Consequently, service-bound regulatory structures will have to change to permit new technologies that will help the universalisation of access and, consequently, social and economic growth.