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March 21, 2013
Myanmar: Cisco and USAID partner to support ICT development
Myanmar is soon to see a boost in ICT capacity building and training as Cisco and USAID have partnered to provide ICT skills training in the country’s emerging and underserved market. While locations have not been finalised, Cisco has committed to donating lab equipment, as well as providing career skills […]
March 21, 2013
India: Piramal Foundation collaborates with Karnataka government to scale access to telemedicine
The Piramal Foundation’s Swasthya Project HMRI (Health Management and Research Institute) has signed an agreement with the state government of Karnataka to provide telehealth services to citizens through information helpline services. This project will be called “Arogya Vani” and is targeted to help poor people living in rural communties. It […]
March 21, 2013
Global mHealth market to reach US$26 billion by 2017
Prediction by analysts research2guidance in their new report “Global Mobile Health Market Report 2013-2017” say that the mHealth global marketplace will be worth US$26 billion by 2017, and will reach as many as 1.7 billion users. Read more here and here.
March 21, 2013
Global mobile payment transactions to hit US$1 trillion by 2015
According to a new research by Heavy Reading Mobile Networks Insider, global mobile transactions are going to hit US$1 billion 2 years ahead of predictions by other analysts. While other analysts have said this amount will be reached in 2017, HRMNI is confident this milestone will be reached in 2015. […]
March 21, 2013
Azerbaijan: President’s FB page posts infographic on ICT development
Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev has an unofficial Facebook page that recently posted an interactive infographic that highlighted the growth of the country in the ICT sector. Named “2003-2013: Accelerated development of the ICT sector – basic formula for success in the XXI century”, this infographic lists information dating back to […]
March 21, 2013
Making cell phones that do not kill
Most of the minerals that go into the smart phones of the world – iPhone, and the like, are sourced from African mines that fund warlords and encourage child labour. Bas van Abel runs an innvovative electronics company that sources its components ethically – minerals from Conflict Free Tin Initiative, […]
March 21, 2013
An ‘anti-iPad’ for India
DataWind is a company which understands the needs of developing countries like India, when it comes to mobile phones and tablets. Headed by Suneet Singh Tuli, who believes that everyone in India should be connected to the internet, is behind India’s second set of ultracheap tablets, the Aakash-2 tablets. His […]
March 21, 2013
India: Low cost tablet makers get half their sales from small towns
Low cost tablet makers like Micromax, HCL Infosystems, Zync, Karbonn, Datawind, which produce tablets for as little as INR 6000 or US$110, derive about half their sales from the smaller Tier II and Tier III towns of India. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
Closing the gender gap in mobile phone access
According to the mWomen association at GSMA, the global association for mobile operators, women are 21 per cent less likely than men to own mobile phones. Given that 41 per cent of all mobile phone users in developing countries use cell phones to increase their income, this 21 per cent […]
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