Nigel Jefferies Foreword (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, xxviii + 266 pages, NOT ex-library. Some gentle internal creasing, otherwise very good. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text and firm binding, free of inscriptions and stamps. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: 1 Some Policy Considerations in the Light of Mobile Broadband Development in Africa [Introduction; More Wireless Broadband Connections than Fixed; Mobile Broadband Generally Cheaper than Fixed; Mobile is faster than Fixed Broadband; Arising Policy Concerns (International Bandwidth, National Backbone & Backhaul Networks; Access Network; Broadband Pricing & Affordability; Quality of Service; Public Private Interplay & Regulatory Interface); Conclusion] 2 Impact of Liberalization on the Mobile Telephony Market in Africa: Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya [Introduction; Market Reforms (Short Overview; Privatization; Liberalization); Case Studies (Pre- & Post-Regulator Mobile Market in Ghana; Ghanaian Mobile Telephony Market Today); Conclusion] 3 Telecommunications in Africa: Regulation, Technologies & Markets [Telecommunications Regulatory Trends; Telecommunications Technology Deployment; Market Trends] 4 Prepaid Mobile Market in Africa [Advantage & Disadvantages of Prepaid; Mobile Financials: Africa vs. the Rest of World; Challenges for the Prepaid Market; Marketing & Product Development of Prepaid; Similarities between Europe & Africa; Competition, Consolidation & Cooperation; Case for Consolidation; Why not have the Government Provide Mobile Communications?; Carrier's Carrier Model; Investment & Corporate Structure; Innovation, Devices & Prepaid Market; Solutions (Ways for an Operator to Improve the Prepaid Business Case; How to Address the Multi SIM World)] 5 Mobile Devices Vulnerabilities: Challenges to Mobile Development in Africa [Mobile Devices & Vulnerabilities; Applications Vulnerabilities; Twitter & Facebook Security; Security in Mobile Social Media (Mobile Malware; iOS Vulnerabilities); Possible Solutions] 6 Achieving Scale & Sustainability in M-health Solutions for HIV/​AIDS in Africa [Scaling Up & Sustainability of Health Promotion Programs; Methodology; HIV/​AIDS in Africa; Mobile Phones & M-health in HIV/​AIDS Programs in Africa; Challenges for Scale & Sustainability (Individual Level Barriers; Organisation/​Institutional Controls; Community Action; Financial/Technological Constraints); Suggestions for Achieving Scale & Sustainability in M-Health Solutions; Conclusion: Future Directions for Research] 7 Mobile ICT & Education Delivery [Brief Overview of M-Learning in Africa; Emergence of Mobile Learning; Mobile Learning Projects & Initiatives in Ghana; Potentials; Challenges] 8 Dissemination of Climatic Information & Market Driven Extension Services to Smallholder Farmers in Africa Using Mobile Technology: Case of Esoko Ghana Commodity Index [Approaches to Extension Service & Agricultural Information Dissemination in Ghana; Growth of Mobile Technology & Value Added Mobile Services in Ghana; Market Price Reporting & Distribution; Bulk SMS Push; Automated SMS Alerts; Field Polling & Data Gathering; Bids & Offers; Prices Mapping Services; Impacts of the Esoko Agricultural Commodity Index; Challenges of EACI on Development Report] 9 Harnessing ICT for Local Government Administration In Africa: A Look at the Push-ICT Theory Approach in Nigeria; 10 Using Mobile Phones for Environmental Protection in Africa: Equatorial Africa Deposition Network Case Study [African Great Lakes (Lake Victoria & Tanganyika & Malawi); EADN (Biomass Burning in Agriculture & Energy Production); EADN General Description; Institutional Framework; Mobile fir Development; Recommendations & Conclusion] 11 Sustainable Energy Generation for ICT Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 12 Role of Mobile Telephony to the Deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems; Bibliography; Acronyms; Index.…