2011′s Stealth Tech Trend: Smartphones Go to the World’s Hinterlands

by Peter Cohan on Jan.03, 2011, under Towing

If you want to know how the rural developing world could get cheap, easy wireless Internet access, just follow the money: Remittances to those regions total tens of billions each year, and the money flow isn’t very efficient. The profits from micro-telcos taking over the business could prime the pump for an information revolution in the hinterlands.

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2011′s Stealth Tech Trend: Smartphones Go to the World’s Hinterlands originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:00:00.

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