Mobile phone to close digital divide

Mobile phone are very popular in rural India. Probably they are the best technology ever made for BOP. As I said in my previous blog illiteracy is the greatest challenge for using PCs in rural regions. No wonder there is an obvious solution to keep use computers with a different GUI.May be PCs are best used in rural production center but a mobile phone seems to be an obvious choice for an Individual. Niti is right, it will be a great way to teach basic business. It will be easier to teach usage of 10 numbers and then teach them to use calculators.
Single day sessions on how to effectively use mobiles for there business will be a great idea, but this can work only Mobile service providers consider this market. They can probably do this as a part of CSR activities ! Well it's for profit.

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