“I lost the job because they could not call me to say I’m hired” said Pedro who lives in a rural Mexican community, where mobile connectivity is a dream and people have to drive for two hours to make a call from the nearest city. This continues to be the fate of many rural communities…
When large telecom firms failed to provide mobile network connectivity to Isabel Cosme’s remote community in Mexico, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
“I lost my job because they could not call me to say I’m hired.” said Pedro, when asked about how life was different back home. Pedro belongs to a remote village in Mexico. He recently graduated from a college in the city. After taking an on-campus interview with a firm he left for home.…