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Beyond voice.

The article examines application software based services for cellular telephone users in developing countries. Google Inc. and the Grameen Foundation have created agricultural information services and other applications for cellular telephones which communicate with users through text messaging. Sim...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 392; no. 8650; pp. 15 - 19
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 9/26/2009
Subjects:
Telecommunication systems
Rural population
Development of application software
Cell phone software
Text messages > Social aspects
Developing countries
Human services
Computer software
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