http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1252 Comments for "SMART Phones" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1252 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> SMART<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.digitaldividend.org/case/case_smart.htm " TARGET="_blank">http://www.digitaldividend.org/case/case_smart.htm </a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> Smart Communications has transformed the cell phone market in the Philippines by enabling electronic sales of airtime via short message service (SMS) and by reducing the unit size of such sales to as little as US$0.03. This innovation has enabled millions of low-income Filipinos to access communications services - 98% of Smart&#39;s subscribers are l ow-income, pre-paid customers. Its distribution system, using SMS technology, allows merchants to re-sell minutes, taking a commission on every sale, in essence creating a business opportunity for 450,000 entrepreneurs.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1252">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1252#comment BOP Technology Activity IT Hardware Activity Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity Philippines Private Investment Funded Asia Pacific Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:44:34 -0500 admin 1252 at http://www.nextbillion.net