Not rich's fault, but i hate these press releases that don't say how it will work, or if it will work.
Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:03:54 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [mobile-society] Kenyans to transfer money using cell phones > > Hello all, > > This is an interesting development. It seems that money transfer via > the mobile is being used in the third world. It may be that the mobile > as an electronic wallet comes there first. > > Rich L. > > Safaricom <http://www.safaricom.com/2005/default.asp> , Kenya's biggest > cell phone firm, on Tuesday launched a money transfer service that will > use short message services, which it said was the first of its kind in > the world. Reuters > <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/tc_nm/kenya_safaricom_dc> reports. > "The product allows its 5.8 million subscribers to use their cell phones > to send money in the east African country where it is commonplace for > one family member working in the city to support a whole family living > in rural areas. ... Kenyans will deposit or access the money through > Safaricom agents like supermarkets or shops situated all over the > country. Kenya's Minister for Communication, Mutahi Kagwe, highlighted > the opportunity for remote communities: "This will help people in > far-flung parts of the country who have no banking services, now anyone > can have a bank in their pocket." > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/tc_nm/kenya_safaricom_dc > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
