Poor Americans Could Get $11 Billion Boost from Prepay Phones

Cell phones play a much bigger role in helping Americans get work, make money and respond in emergency situations than previously was thought to be the case, according to a report by Nicholas P. Sullivan, at MIT Media Lab .

The Sullivan report concludes that providing cell phones to the 38 percent of America's 45 million poorest households now without them -- including millions of seniors, Hispanics, African-Americans and rural residents -- could help them get work or make money worth $2.9 billion-$11 billion.

[via Cellular News]

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