You Can Hear Me Now

Nicholas P. Sullivan, author of You Can Hear Me Now: How Micro Loans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy discusses the partnership between Grameen Bank, the micro lender that won the Nobel Peace Prize along with Muhammad Yunus, and Norwegian telecom company, Telenora. The results include 10.5 million subscribers, about a 63% market share in Bangladesh, and 300,000 village phones, that are out in very rural areas and provide income opportunities to the poorest. Following is an edited transcript of that conversation.

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