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Daily Archives: February 11, 2006

Ndiyo live in Bangladesh!

Posted on February 11, 2006 by jjn1

My colleague, Seb Wills, has recently returned from Bangladesh, where he set up a multi-screen Ndiyo internet cafe (called a Community Information Centre) using mobile phone technology to provide the internet link. Given that the lack of connectivity is supposed to be a showstopper in developing countries, this is a really significant step forward. More details here.

Posted in Digital Divide, Mobile phones, Open Source, Technology
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