Mobile phones are changing the way we live, says World Bank
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World Bank mentions Telenor in a new report that looks at how mobile apps are impacting our lives.
In a new report, the World Bank takes a look at how applications on the mobile phone are impacting areas such as health, agriculture and financial services. The World Bank asserts, “It’s no longer about the phone itself but how it’s used.” Telenor is mentioned multiple times in this report, due to the company’s experience with mobile financial services and mobile health.
Read the World Bank report here.
Telenor’s belief in using its core business to make a positive impact in people’s lives is directly in line with this new World Bank report. The report states that developing countries are increasingly well-placed to exploit the benefits of mobile communications. Telenor Pakistan’s easypaisa mobile financial service is a prime example of how the definition of mobile has been redefined, as it now has become a tool to bank the unbanked throughout Pakistan.
Telenor Group’s recent study on Mobile Health, highlighted in the World Bank report, also shows the potential for reducing costs and saving lives through wider adoption of mobile health services.
Read the Telenor and BCG study on mobile health.
“Our business can help people. We are connecting people to banking services, healthcare, even information on the latest agricultural prices. I am excited to see the World Bank coming out with a report that is in support of our core belief in the power of the mobile phone and its ability to change lives,” said Tom Riege, Head of Government Relations for Telenor Group.
Telenor has previously published its own reports, in cooperation with Boston Consulting Group, on the impact of mobile financial services and mobile health.