Pocket answer to digital divide

Much of the debate about the digital divide centres on getting computers into the hands of budding digital citizens in developing countries. But there are those who are looking to existing mobile phone technologies as the way to connect the world. The BBC reports.

""Everyone is talking about the digital divide, but the real issue is getting phones in everyone's hand," Tom Phillips, the head of GSM Association's policy unit, told the BBC News website.

"The core message is simple; 80% of the world has mobile coverage yet only 25% is accessing it," he said"

emily | 11:10 AM | Mobile phone projects - Developing World |
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