Mobile industry focuses on handsets for the poor.

"The 3GSM World Congress Asia wrapped up with a major achievement: reducing the cost of a mobile phone to below $30, making wireless communications even more accessible to people in poor nations. Then the GSM Association, which organizes the congress, set a new goal: Halve that figure to $15 per handset by 2008. The idea is to supply people in the world's developing countries with a low-cost GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) handset. Such phones will normally have a black-and-white screen and a durable plastic cover to protect them from dust and damage. They should operate in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Hindi and Chinese, and run for long periods on a single battery charge."