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m-payments coming to Afghanistan via Roshan

Written by Rohan Samarajiva on February 26, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Vodafone to launch mobile phone money transfer service in Afghanistan – Yahoo! News “This is really the early days, but when you see the low banking penetration in emerging markets, compared to rapidly growing mobile penetration, the potential is very big,” said James Moberly, senior manager for payment solutions at Vodafone on the sidelines of [...]

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Executive Director chairs session at Ministerial program at 2008 Mobile World Congress

Written by Ayesha Zainudeen on February 13, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Rohan Samarajiva chaired the panel discussion on ‘Convergence in Regulation – Designing Regulation for Convergence’ at the GSMA Third Annual Government Mobile Forum on 12 February 2008. The Forum was a part of the 2008 Mobile World Congress, taking place from 11-14 February 2008 in Barcelona 2008. The panellists included: Maria Del Rosario Guerra, Minister [...]

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Motorola for sub$30 handset for “unconnected”

Written by Divakar Goswami on September 28, 2005 — 6 Comments
GSM Association

Link to full story Motorola selected to supply affordable and robust handsets for second phase of programme to ‘connect the unconnected’ Singapore 27th September 2005: The mobile industry has driven the wholesale cost of mobile phones to below US$30 as part of the GSM Association (GSMA) programme to make mobile telephony affordable for people in [...]

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