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Contributor [1]
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 02:00
Categories: 
Internet & technology [2]
Issue Number: 
231 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Much of the debate about the digital divide centres on getting computers into the hands of budding digital citizens in developing countries. But there are those who are looking to existing mobile phone technologies as the way to connect the world. "Everyone is talking about the digital divide, but the real issue is getting phones in everyone's hand," Tom Phillips, the head of GSM Association's policy unit, told the BBC News website.

Category: 
ICT, Media & Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/30469 [5]

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