If you want to know how the rural developing world could get cheap, easy wireless Internet access, just follow the money: Remittances to those regions total tens of billions each year, and the money flow isn’t very efficient. The profits from micro-telcos taking over the business could prime the pump for an information revolution in the hinterlands.
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2011’s Stealth Tech Trend: Smartphones Go to the World’s Hinterlands originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:00:00.
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