The growth in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector has exploded over the past 20 years. This technology advancement enables portable devices to be always connected while supporting high data rate, resulting in the recent popularity of smartphones that have a considerable impact in economic and social development. The high processing capability and the ubiquitous connectivity of recent communication devices allow telecommunication technology to be converged with other industry sectors, such as healthcare, automobile, transportation, entertainment, building architecture, and energy. This convergence in ICT opens up great opportunities for new services and applications, which can lead to economic growth with a wide spectrum of industrial areas.
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The IDS Bulletin is a bi-monthly journal that provides a state-of-the-art overview of developing areas of international development to an audience of practitioners, policymakers and researchers, bringing together the latest thinking and research from programmes and events involving the IDS community and presenting them in an accessible manner. The Bulletin promotes the exchange of ideas and discussion between IDS academics and their global partner organisations and publishes authoritative and important work with a fresh global perspective that aims to foster new approaches to policies and practices, and covers the major themes and influences debates within international development.