Ecuador wants cell phones for the poor

Ecuador has contacted foreign mobile firms to negotiate new contracts that would impose higher penalties over operational errors and push companies to create a fund that would provide cell phone service to the poor, a government official said on Thursday.

[via Reuters]

emily | 10:10 AM | Mobile phone projects - Third World |
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