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Friday, 05 August 2011

Movirtu to open up mobile phone numbers to developing world

By Caleb Garling

Movirtu plans to change the way people with only mobile phone access socialize and do business.

While the computing manufacturers and NGOs continue searching for ways to bring connectivity to the developing world, mobile phones have had little problem penetrating the market. Cell towers and phone have made their way to some of the most remote regions of the globe. However, one of the problems is that many callers borrow phones and therefore never have a discernable identity.

Movirtu plans to change this by providing over 3 million people living in poverty in Africa and South Asia with a personal phone number—regardless of whether they own a phone. They would instead login from any phone to Cloud Phone, as the service is being titled, to make calls, gather information or even performs simple banking or transactions, essentially creating new online identities.

To read the full article please go to: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/movirtu-to-open-up-mobile-phone-numbers-to-developing-world/