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The Mobile Web is NOT helping the Developing World... and what we can do about it. By Nathan Eagle

December 5, 2007 | KatrinVerclas

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developing countries, emerging markets, eprom, mobile, mobile web, mobileactive, nathan eagle

I attend an increasing number of keynotes where CEOs and EVPs of both major mobile handset manufacturers and mobile operators trumpet their role in bringing the internet to the bottom of the pyramid in the developing world. It's a total fallacy.