In a New York Times editorial on February 19th titled “The Revolution Has Gone Mobile,” the most important line is this: “.we…have a lot to learn”. Distance learning, service provision, information sharing and such specific applications as mobile payment systems and entrepreneur development offer enormous promise.
They also present an enormous challenge: to see beyond the “gee whiz” dimensions of the technology and realize the “OMG” potential to improve lives for the one-third of the world lacking basic energy, water, sanitation and financial service, people who can pay for modern services but who are trapped in the 19th Century because of a lack of infrastructure that the mobile revolution can address.
You can read the New York Times article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/opinion/20sat4.html?scp=1&sq=the%20revolution%20has%20gone%20mobile&st=cse
Christine Eibs Singer, CEO, E+Co
