March 8, 2006
Uganda's new bike payphones
In an effort to bring telecommunication closer to Ugandans, MTN publiCom has unveiled its latest payphone innovation mounted on a four-wheeled cycle, the publiCom Quad Bike. All Africa.cin, reports.
"The new mode of communication was launched at the MTN publiCom offices in Bukoto, on February 10. MTN has in the past introduced solar powered payphone booth and tricycle mounted payphones."
Similar projects elsewhere:
Rickshaws connect India's poor - Shyam Telecom, which operates in the state of Rajasthan, has equipped a fleet of rickshaws with a mobile phone. Drivers pedal these mobile payphones throughout the state capital, Jaipur, and the surrounding countryside.
-- In Uganda, Mobile Operator MTN Uganda has embarked on a substantial project to improve access to communications services and thus reduce poverty and improve socio-economic conditions in rural Uganda. cf Mobile phones for Uganda's poor.
-- In in Bangladesh, "phone ladies" go around the the dusty villages with no other form of communication and rent out phone usage. cf The "phone ladies" of Bangladesh.
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