Mobile Phones, Developing Countries and Learning
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Even though, there has been an increasing usage and access to Information Communication Technology (ICT) worldwide during the last few decades, the digital divide between developed and developing regions still remains (ITU, 2009). In developed countries a well established ICT infrastructure exists in industrial, business, governmental and home environments. The infrastructure is available in big cities as well as in small villages. In contrast to developed countries, with a few exceptions, developing countries have little access to ICT infrastructure. The access and availability of ICT among developing countries abSTracT
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