The Socio-Economic Impacts of Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) on University Students: A Case Study of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

The thrust of this study is to examine the impact of Global System of Mobile (GSM) on socio-economic development of university students. The major instrument used for collection of data was questionnaire alongside with personal interview and personal observation. Questionnaires were distributed to the GSM operator in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. The analysis of demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the respondents were carried out using the responses of the administered questionnaire and analyzed using simple percentage supported by series of table showing percentage distribution of some variables. Chi-square was used to test the hypothesis formulated in the course of this study. Findings revealed that communication plays a very vital role in the socio-economic development of Nigeria and it also shows that in order to consolidate on the level of achievement of the GSM presently enjoying, much more improvement must be welcomed. These include, reduction in tariff, improvement in the level of services rendered to the people, wide coverage of the Nation (especially the rural area) and above all, better connection among the services provide so as to ease the interconnectivity problem currently facing by the subscriber.