Mobile solar Lighting SMS payments India next trend
Post date: Apr 15, 2012 2:31:27 PM
Solar Venture Lights Up Indian Village With an SMS
VIDEO source bloomberg.com
Solar Home systems
Cellphone payments by SMS
Simpa networks VP Finance
The villagers of Halliberu in southern India are on the crest of an electricity revolution. Bangalore-based Simpa Networks Inc. has been installing solar power equipment in their non-electrified houses. From the poorest parts of Africa and Asia to the most-developed regions in the U.S. and Europe, solar units and small-scale wind and biomass generators promise to extend access to power to more people than ever before
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How the developing world is using cellphone technology to change lives
In India, more people have access to cellphones than toilets, according to a 2010 report from the United Nations University.
FrontlineSMS
This software allows anyone to set up their own communications hub to send mass messages, manage automated SMS systems and collect data from the field. FrontlineSMS allows users to connect their mobile phone to a computer, transforming communication into something more powerful and manageable.
FINANCE
MercyCorps
In Haiti, where 85 per cent of the population has a cellphone but only half has a bank account, MercyCorps deployed a new way to stimulate the economy after the earthquake: mobile payments. MercyCorps has dispensed more than $1 million (U.S.) to 6,000 people in rural Haiti — all using their cellphones.
source: thestar.com
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