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Leapfrogging into the Future

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And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging.

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article thumbnail

Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

And furthermore, why shouldn’t the transactions be cross-border and interoperable, and not dependent on a specific mobile operator? Now, almost ten years later, sub $25 smartphones are broadly available there, and mobile operators in the Burmese market are focused only on smartphone applications for the networks – not even SMS messaging.

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