An MIT study said cellphones could be major economic empowerment ...
An MIT study said cellphones could be major economic empowerment tools in U.S. It said providing cellphones to the 38 percent of America’s 45 million poorest households now without them could help them get work or make money worth…
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$2.9 billion to $11 billion. The report was by Nicholas Sullivan of MIT’s Center for Developmental Communications. The research was based on a scientific national sampling of 1,005 households by Opinion Research Center and a statistically large online sampling of 110,000 TracFone prepaid phone users, said ORC. A separate ORC survey said 31 percent of those working either full-or part-time said their “cell phone has helped make money, get work, or get new customers.” Sullivan told a phone conference that “far more blue collar (40 percent) than white collar professionals (27 percent) say their cell phone has helped them make money.” About 62 percent of those who had earned money thanks to their cellphone said they had earned more than $500 in the previous year -- and 50 percent had made more than $1,000. More than half the men in the $500-plus category attributed earnings of more than $1,000 to their cellphone. The overall average income gain was $748.