In the year 2000, I helped two major IT companies develop a multi-billion dollar business concept for improving global telecommunications throughout the world. We investegated how telecommunications could help solve “Global Issues” in 10 different countries. These "Global Issues were: Health, Food, Water, Energy, Education, Environment Protection, Security, Population Shift, Governance, Crime. We found that telecommunications was an excellent investment since it allowed people (including those at the "Bottom of the Pyramid") to order the supplies they needed to conduct a business, determine markets and prices for their products, report criminal activity, get help when they needed it, etc. The project had to be abandoned when one of the companies became worried about anti-trust considerations should they enter the telecommunications market. I have suggested to the leaders of Colombia SA that they improve their telecommunications in rural areas to help fight drug traffic and improve their economy. It would be very hard to conduct a drug operations if every Colombian citizen had a phone and could report illegal activity to responsible officials. In addition, each rural Colombian citizen would be able to order the supplies they needed to conduct a legitimate business. This is not possible now since it can take all day to go to a store with appropriate supplies if you live in a rural area.