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Technology
For Community
Empowerment
By Marlon Parker
4.4 Billion Cellphones
"The cellphone industry is becoming a
consumercentric solutions business"
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo,
CEO of Nokia
"Mobile is going to be the next big Internet
phenomenon. It holds the key to greater access for everyone – with all the benefits that entails."
Eric Schmidt,
CEO of Google
4,000,000
Toll FREE Numbers
4,800,000
PC Web Users
3Million Social Networks
R0.75c per SMS
10Billion SMS/Texts
38%
Disposable Income
NO FREE Calls
12Million
Mobile Web Users
34%
bank via Mobile
18Million
Mobile Chat
WWW
4,800,000
People
Mobile Web
12,000,000
People
Mobile Chat
18,000,000
People
Social Networks
3,000,000+
People
Blogs
10,000+
Texts
10+ Billion
Population 48,000,000
Mobile Primary
High Data Charges
High Mobile Penetration
Limited Broadband
Young Mobile Expert Users
High Mobile Information Transfer
The Broccoli Project The Rewards Program
for the Poor
The Reconstructed
WellbeingEducate
EmpowerCommunity
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek.”
Thank Youwww.rlabs.org
www.marlonparker.co.za
Marlon Parker
@marlonparker
marlonct
+2721 469 1138 +2721 637 4037 +2776 403 4920
