Turning to mobile coverage, 450 million people still live out of reach of a mobile signal without access to the digital world6. Regulation can enhance innovation and investment as well as infrastructure development, and can impact ICT services uptake and, in turn, affect economic growth and social development due the spillover effects of ICTs on other sectors of the economy. While there is no unique recipe for effective regulation, countries that have created an enabling policy and regulatory environment by following market developments and adapting and reforming their policy and regulatory frameworks to meet the requirements of the changing ICT environment are generally those that have shown higher levels of ICT adoption (see Figure 1.2).