Hello… how do the poor use their phones? By Frederick Noronha, Indo-Asian News Service
Dhaka, April 30 (IANS) It’s a billion dollar question: how do the poor of the planet use their mobile phones? A South Asian study conducted in India and Sri Lanka that looks at telecom users with monthly incomes of less than $100 says that over half the respondents do not even own the phone they use.
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goswami
There is more coverage of the Shoestring study in Norwegian! Somebody actually took the trouble of translating it from English and adding more content.
http://forbruker.no/digital/nyheter/mobil/article1300724.ece
zzainudeen
Fred Noronha’s article also appeared in the Times of India on April 30 2006.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1510698,curpg-1.cms
Sriganesh Lokanathan
Fred Norhonha’s article also appeared in the following:
http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3151
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/21674.php/Hello_how_do_the_poor_use_their_phones
http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=51022
zzainudeen
More…
From jamming community radio to lowering telephony costs…
Fredrick Noronha
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