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Fair finance for the missing middle

New mobile technology combined with an innovative business model enables the people in the outskirts of Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya to borrow money.

Navigating on pathless terrains

Straight line technology allows people a comprehensive range of mobile navigation capabilities for use across pathless terrains.

Leveraging ICT potential for Latin America’s poor

Unite recently talked with Messrs. Fabiano Cruz, Rafael Anta and Mauricio Bouskela, of the Science & Technology Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), about ICT’s role in Latin America and the Mobile Citizen program.

Capturing the potential of 3G in Africa

Based on 3G successes with Vodacom Tanzania, Zain Nigeria and Leo Namibia, Nokia Siemens Networks has been awarded the African Vendor of the Year award at the 2009 CommsMEA Awards.

Uniting communities with 3G

New Delhi - Nokia Siemens Networks partners with Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) to promote digital inclusion

The call for innovation grows stronger

The communications sector has consistently proven itself to be one of the most dynamic and innovative of all industries. It is a track record that it continues to maintain, even in the face of the current global economic downturn.

Internet for every Indonesian Village by 2014

Mrs. Koesmarihati, the advisor to the Director General of Post and Telecommunications at the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, discusses the role of ICT and mobile technologies in Indonesia's future

High network quality creates sticky subscribers

Rapidly expanding mobile communications markets are often characterized by a headlong rush by operators to capture market share. But subscribers are becoming more willing to change operator to get a better quality of service.

In Africa, TCO rules

As several high-profile events in Africa have shown, rural connectivity depends on one factor: affordability

Helping rural villagers capture the power of the Internet

Now, for the first time in history, worldwide access to the Internet is within our reach

Towards effective e-governance

E-governance is a lot more than simply offering online versions of government services

From Aachen to Zvishavane, ready for worldwide connectivity?

Universal access to ICT will change our lives in ways that no one can predict

India. A powerhouse of potential.

Presenter Adrian Simpson finds that if India can make use of the technology it is renowned for exporting, then its economic future looks very positive indeed.

Affordable access: The first step to mass internet use in emerging markets

Internet access remains the preserve of the few in many emerging markets. Yet accessing the internet on a daily basis could become as common in these markets as it is elsewhere, provided that the right conditions are in place.

Productivity, connectivity - one and the same thing?

Research is validating what people have guessed all along: connectivity and productivity go hand-in-hand

Hello? When elephants call

ICT is helping humans and elephants co-exist in one of the wildest parts of Africa

Experts: emerging markets ready for 3G

After countless successful 2G introductions in emerging markets many believe the time is right for 3G.

Bridging Africa's digital divide

Connecting Africa will not be easy, but everyone agrees the potential is huge.

Mobile money to poor seen $5BN market in 2012

The market of mobile financial services to poor people in emerging markets will surge from nothing to $5 billion in 2012, U.S.-based microfinance policy and research center CGAP said on Monday.

In South Africa, it's pigeon one, broadband zero (for now)

The strange but true story of a carrier pigeon that transfers data faster than broadband.

Efficient operations are the foundation for 3G success

From enhancing staff competence, to developing systems that eliminate integration overheads for new services, Thailand's AIS is putting itself in a good position to capture the 3G opportunity.