"Kenya’s mobile telephones: Vital for the poor"

There's an interesting piece on The Economist about mobile phones in Kenya, and the priority placed on having a phone — credit may score more highly than a meal in some cases.

This made me think of a posting on Slashdot a couple of months ago about the culture of "missed calls" in India; apparently it's customary not to answer a call from your driver / delivery person, since it costs them, but instead to receive the missed call and ring them back.

European Commission makes additional radio spectrum available for 4G services

The Commission said that 120MHz of frequency band that has been traditionally used for the delivery of 3G services should be utilised for the delivery of 4G services.

full text here.