In future, the issues of media development in the MDI framework should further elaborate on the new information and communication technologies. This includes mobile phones, which are increasingly the principal channels of interpersonal communications in many parts of the world. For example, if there is no inter-operability in telecommunications providers, the ability of the data-ready mobile phone to provide widely available content may be inhibited. The issues identified in the MDI framework highlighting the need for an appropriate system of regulation, pluralism of ownership, diversity of contents, professional capacity building and infrastructure capacity building are all relevant for new ICTs, although they often need rethinking within this context.