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“In the context of very high growth of mobile subscribers in the rural areas of South Asia, the exercise of the m-Billionth Award, providing recognition and encouragement to the mobile application developers’ community, assumes great significance, especially from the angle of developmental initiatives in the rural hinterland on a mobile platform. The Jury experience is…
Osama Manzar (Founder & Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation) Osama Manzar is a convert social entrepreneur spearheading the mission to overcome the information barrier between India’s rural sector, and the so-called developed society, through Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) – the not-for-profit organization founded to accomplish the mission. He is a Member, Working Group, Internet Governance Forum…
In the 21st Century, the mobile age is upon us. According to the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), the number of mobile-cellular subscriptions across the world has gone up from 2.2 billion in 2005 to 6.9 billion in 2014 representing a growth of 213.6 percent and a global mobile penetration level of 95.5 percent. Of course,…
We are mBillionth The mBillionth Award was launched in the year 2010 to recognise & honor excellence in mobile communications across South Asia. The beginning was bit uncertain, convictions had little doubts but the journey so far has been encouraging as well as interesting. The mBillionth Award in its 5th year is turning into a…