Encrypting of mobile phone calls

Its time for technology that prevents people snooping on calls from fixed-line and mobile phones including those made from abroad! The future is here already!

It encrypts calls that using voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology. The company allows users to make secure VoIP calls by installing software on their mobile phone

Get the information on guardian.co.uk

Mobile banking for the poor

'With the right market conditions, mobile banking could reach large numbers of poor people who are outside the formal financial system' - CGAP

Apparently fewer than one in ten mobile phone banking customers are poor, new to banking, or doing anything more than payments and transfers: in the world.

And in the Phillipines, a transaction on a cell phone or at an ATM costs one fifth that of a traditional visit to a bank branch

According to the website, the challenges to the growth of branchless banking include a reluctance on the part of banks to get involved, as well as outdated or inadequate regulations.

more info on CGAP website

Unlock Your Phone with SIMable

An ultra thin chip, that when attached to a simcard immediately fools most mobile phones into thinking that they have been unlocked! OMG! Well we wont need this in Sri Lanka as our phones are not locked. Thank God.

Note: Whilst mobile phone unlocking is not illegal, it will in most cases invalidate the handset’s warranty.

More details at siliconecaribe