Study on how the poor use cell phones

A South Asian study conducted in India and Sri Lanka that looks at telecom users with monthly incomes of less than $100 says that over half the respondents do not even own the phone they use. The India Times reports.

"It found that 31 percent of fixed owners and 7 perpcent of mobile owners allow non-family members to use their phones. "Keeping in touch" with friends and family locally was the biggest use of telephones.

More than two-thirds of those studied do not take advantage of 'off-peak' rates. Less than 10 percent of mobile users that switch off phones do so to avoid incoming calls. Some 33 percent of Indian mobile users bought second-hand handsets.

emily | 5:54 PM | SMS Studies & Research |
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