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Cellphone Entertainment Takes Off in Rural India

in News on November 23, 2009 at 3:02 pm PT

In the furthest reaches of India’s rural heartland, the cellphone is bringing something that television, radio and even newspapers couldn’t deliver: Instant access to music, information, entertainment, news and even worship.

Indian Firms Shift Focus to the Poor

in News on October 20, 2009 at 1:50 pm PT

Indian companies, long dependent on hand-me-down technology from developed nations, are becoming cutting-edge innovators as they target one of the world’s last untapped markets: the poor.