摘要：The need for an efficient, modern telecommunication sector is now regarded as crucial to economic growth in transition countries. Various studies have given conflicting findings on the relationship between economic growth and telecommunication. This calls for a thorough investigation on the role, relationship and, direction of causality between mobile telephone growth and economic growth. The objective was of the study was to determine the relationship between mobile teledensity and economic growth. To achieve the objectives, the study adopted the neoclassical growth model developed by Solow and Swan (1956).Using relevant diagnostic tests, Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) method of estimation was used on the panel data from 44 of Sub-Saharan Africa countries (1988 to 2010), the study found out a two-way causality for mobile teledensity and economic growth. The study proposes that the respective governments of sub-Saharan countries should implement policies that enhance the development of the telecommunications sectors in their respective countries
关键词：Penetration Refers to the number of telephones per 100 inhabitants (people);Mobile Telephone (cellular) subscribers Users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public telephone service which provides access to the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) using cellular technology.;Digital Divide The lack of access to Information and Communication Technology.;Teledensity Index of numbers of telephone lines; indicating a measure of telephone availability expressed as the number of main lines per 100 inhabitants in a country.;Mobile (cellular) Telephone service Service provided by means of portable hand held radio communication devices that are linked to telephone exchange through other fixed radio-communication apparatus called Base Transmitter Stations (BTSs).;3rd Generation (3G) is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling specifications by International Telecommunication Union (ITU);Telecommunication infrastructure Is the index of teledensity; index of numbers of telephone lines; indicating a measure of telephone availability expressed as the number of main lines per 100 inhabitants in a country.
