24 May 2008
Mobile phones: could they eliminate poverty?
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The way we use our phones is changing. Mobile phones are increasingly the centre of our technological universe, and this is so not only in the West but in the emerging markets where the greatest sales growth is underway. In the next three years over 1 billion phones will be sold into the emerging markets. So find out how they are being used in these new markets—and how this could change all our lives. Could they eliminate poverty, for example?
Guests
Jan Chipchase
Principal researcher, Nokia
Producer
Janne Ryan
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