Press Releases
and Vital Wave Consulting News Clips
November 19, 2008
Desmond Tutu Presents E-Health Call to Action
- Digital Health
"...interoperability so far has
failed in the U.S. because multitudes of competing
interests have not fully embraced such principles. “The
developing world can learn a lot from [the mistakes of]
the developed world ..."
November 3, 2008
The New Business Metrics: Measuring Social Return
- Green Biz
"...clients who are implementing
healthcare technologies like mobile health (mhealth)
want to quantify the value of improved health outcomes
and the operational efficiencies they gain through the
implementation of the technology platform ..."
March 7, 2008
Negroponte Goes Fishing for an OLPC Chief -
Tech News World
"...While the OLPC organization seeks
a new chief, Negroponte offers his opinion of his
leadership and the organization's future..."
February 20, 2008
Emerging Markets Focus at Mobile World Congress:
Financing May Accelerate Growth of First-time Mobile
Handset Buyers
"...Mobile industry executives at last
week's Mobile World Congress agreed that the key to
expanding mobile adoption will be to offer lower-cost
handsets to low-income buyers in emerging markets..."
January 23, 2008
Making
Progress - Entrepreneur Magazine
"...Companies from around the world
are creating products specifically for developing
countries..."
November 15,
2007
Financing Plans Will Accelerate Growth of First-time
Mobile Handset Buyers in Emerging Markets Says Vital
Wave Consulting
"...key to accelerating sales to
these near-term handset buyers is tapping into existing
financing mechanisms"
November 12,
2007
Iceland Getting Back on Track as Place to Invest
- Investment News
"...From our perspective it's
considered an advanced market because of their overall
economic performance"
August,
2007
Toeing the Line - Inc Magazine
"What's the difference between a bribe and
a gift? Vital Wave Consulting looks at five emerging
market countries."
June 4,
2007
It takes a wired village - InfoWorld
"...Technology companies are reaching
out to the 4 billion people not yet connected to the
Internet."
June 4,
2007
PC Companies Get Practical Guide to Capturing
Developing-country Markets
"...PC companies aiming for near-term
revenue growth in emerging markets will do well to focus
on selling traditional PCs to young urban workers and
doting parents."
April 4,
2007
China Mobile
Subscribers
Surpass Total US
Population
"...subscriber base grew to 301 million, surpassing the total population of the United States"
February 2, 2007
Does the $100 Computer Have A Future in the US? -
Tech News World
"...If the OLPC and other such efforts can
effectively produce low-priced machines, the overall
educational computing market will see an overhaul..."
January 25, 2007
Most Chinese
Internet Users
Access the Web
via Shared-use
PCs ICT companies
should tailor
products to this
usage model
"...Internet users in China would surpass the number of users in the United States within two years"
November 2, 2006
Vital Wave
Consulting and
Reuter’s Digital
Vision Program
at Stanford
University
Partner for
Technology
Business in
Developing-country
Markets
"...concepts range from the establishment of Internet cafés in Nigerian universities to the creation of a telemedicine system for detecting outbreaks of diseases"
August 16, 2006
Cheri Voisine
Joins Vital Wave
Consulting from
Intel
Corporation
"...more than 10 years of international program and channel management, marketing communications, and alliance management expertise"
August 10, 2005
Vital Wave
Consulting Helps
Market
Technology
Solutions for
Developing
Countries
"..companies hoping to increase their revenues in fast-growing emerging markets gained an ally"
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