TECH

Forum discusses ways to break cycle of poverty

Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 12/05/2010

» ISLAMABAD : Islamabad was home to the expert meeting on mobile 2.0 applications and conditions, jointly hosted by think-tank LIRNEasia and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. In this forum academics, operators and regulators from the telecommunication, IT and financial sectors gathered together to share their research and experience on how a new generation of mobile applications can benefit the poor at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) from micro-finance, agricultural, public transport or even social networking.