...2009 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Nigel Waller spoke about his company, Movirtu. Movirtu’s goal is to provide rural communities with less expensive access to cell phones, because so many people depend on them as a primary source of communication. Movirtu’s technology uses a model similar to web-based email that allows people to purchase telephone numbers, giving them the ability to send and receive private calls and messages without the initial outlay of cash to purchase a handset. Waller invited session participants to think about cell phone technology in a different way: one that includes the global citizenry.

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