[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Pilot projects such as, �Gramjyoti� (Light of the Village) in India, and �Alokito Bangladesh� (Enlightened Bangladesh) led by Ericsson, have remained pilots for long.
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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As part of a UN programme for tackling poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks. Around half a million people, described by the UN as “the poorest of the poor”, are expected to make mobile calls soon.
Ericsson has partnered with the Earth Institute at Columbia University to provide connectivity to the Millennium Villages project.
