Friday, September 14, 2007

Mobiles for the 'world's poorest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6986804.stm

"Nearly half a million people, described by the UN as "the poorest of the poor", will soon be able to make mobile calls.

As part of a UN programme to tackle poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks."

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