Then there's wireless data without the full-blown Internet. In a few months, Tellus expects its products to be used in China1s massive market. Aside from helping to modernize the economies of developing nations, wireless communications are assisting people in poorer countries in a host of other ways. A farmer with a cell phone can call the nearest city and save himself a trip if prices are low for his products. Students can connect to far away places and make some of the sappy ads for Internet companies come true.
Citizens can call firefighters and police during community emergencies.
And doctors in developing countries can do a better job of caring for people. A physician friend of Pietrosemoli's heard of a Japanese cancer treatment that might apply to his Venezuelan patient. He approached Pietrosemoli for help. Sure enough, the Japanese doctor had posted a report on the treatment on the Internet, and the Venezuelan physician was able to use it. I think it's going to make a difference for the whole country in the next few years.