MobileActive.org recently put out word about a relaunch, which promises to include "a comprehensive set of databases of mobile applications, case studies, research on mobiles for social impact, and — yes, mobile data by country (and by operator if we can get our hands on it)."

Exciting, no?

Here's the lowdown from MobileActive's Katrin Verclas herself:  

We have been able to get some data from the ITU, the World Bank, and GSMA — the list is below. But in order to make decisions about deployments of mobiles in-country, I am sure there is more data that you would love to get your hands on.    

So, what information do you need?  

What do you want?   What do you need to make decisions about whether yo start a mobile project?

Post to the list and with it, any sources that you can think of (proprietary or public, no matter) so that we can begin to gather what is ACTUALLY useful.

Here is what we have, by country:

SMS

• Price of 1 SMS in US $; 2007

Calls:

• Off-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during evening/weekeend; 2008; US$
• Off-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during evening/weekeend; 2008; PPP$
• Off-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during non-peak hours; 2008; US$
• Off-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during non-peak hours; 2008; PPP$
• Off-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during peak hours; 2008; US$
• Off-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during peak hours; 2008; PPP$
• On-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during evening/weekeend; 2008; US$
• On-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during evening/weekend; 2008; PPP$
• On-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during non-peak hours; 2008; US$
• On-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during non-peak hours; 2008; PPP$
• On-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during peak hours; 2008; US$
• On-Network Call Price for 1-minute local call during peak hours; 2008; PPP$
• Call to a Fixed Line Price for 1-minute local call during evening/weekeend; 2008; US$
• Call Price for 1-minute local call to Landline during evening/weekeend; 2008; PPP$
• Call Price for 1-minute local call to LandLine during non-peak hours; 2008; US$
• Call Price for 1-minute local call to LandLine during non-peak hours; 2008; PPP$
• Call Price for 1-minute local call to LandLine during peak hours; 2008; US$
• Call Price for 1-minute local call to LandLine during peak hours; 2008; PPP$

Price Basket:

• Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month); 2006

Penetration:

• Number of cell phones per 100 people; 2007
• Number of mobile BROADBAND subscribers per 100 people; 2007 Internet Bandwidth per User (bit/s); 2007
• Telecommunications investment (% of revenue); 2006 Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP); 2006

And misc. other data that is publicly available from operators, such as:

• Effective price per minute
• ARPU (pre-paid/contract)
• Subscriber acquisition costs per user
• Total billed SMS events
• SMS messages per user per month
• mobile operators/1130 networks in 220 countries
• coverage maps by operators -- many are fictional

This is what we want, by operator in each country:

• Price of 1 SMS in local currency
• Data costs per MB - on data plan or on off
• GPRS data coverage (operators have coverage maps but many are rather fictional)
• # of handsets by country and functionality - J2ME capable, android, GPRS enabled, etc.
• Bands
• Estimated Live Subscribers:   - probably pretty impossible to get other than through household surveys
• available operator services and costs
• SMS gateways by country
• ownership of operators/leadership - ownership of other operators/ties to gov (some of which we can get from the GSMA, actually)

What do you want?   What do you need to make decisions about whether yo start a mobile project?

Post to the list and with it, any sources that you can think of (proprietary or public, no matter)   so that we can begin to gather what is ACTUALLY useful.

Thanks a million!

Best,
Katrin