April 21, 2005
Mobile rings changes for world's poor
Another interesting article on how cell phones are changing lives for the better. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
"For tens of millions of poor rural-dwellers in developing countries from Bangladesh to Botswana, mobile phone technology is revolutionising their for the better, enabling them to cut out cheating middlemen and deal directly with buyers from district markets.
What was mostly a trendy gadget for savvy urbanites in wealthier countries 10 years ago, is now a vital tool of trade in some of the world's most remote areas, many of which had never previously had access to landlines or other means of long distance communication.
[...] For years, Bangladeshi farmers risked being tricked out of their slender profits by cheating middlemen. But now mobile phones have allowed them for the first time to sell their crops direct to the highest bidder."
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