TY - CHAP
T1 - Changing Market Structures and New Services
T2 - Mobile Operators in Africa and Latin America
AU - Curwen, Peter
AU - Whalley, Jason
PY - 2025/9/2
Y1 - 2025/9/2
N2 - Mobile telecommunications is a global success story, generating significant revenues and economic activity. Through focusing on Africa and Latin America, this chapter explores the structural changes that have occurred and the new services that mobile operators have launched. The chapter also highlights the changing geographical footprint of operators, with particular attention being paid to Millicom which has exited Africa and expanded across Latin America. The contribution of mobile financial services to operator competitiveness is questioned.
AB - Mobile telecommunications is a global success story, generating significant revenues and economic activity. Through focusing on Africa and Latin America, this chapter explores the structural changes that have occurred and the new services that mobile operators have launched. The chapter also highlights the changing geographical footprint of operators, with particular attention being paid to Millicom which has exited Africa and expanded across Latin America. The contribution of mobile financial services to operator competitiveness is questioned.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105018537661
U2 - 10.4324/9781003166016-37
DO - 10.4324/9781003166016-37
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105018537661
SN - 9781040396049
T3 - Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
SP - 285
EP - 298
BT - The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media
A2 - Goggin, Gerard
A2 - Hjorth, Larissa
PB - Routledge
CY - New York, United States
ER -