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Vodafone Global Communications announced the launch of what it considered “the cheapest mobile phone” on the face of the earth and raise the new phone “Vodafone 150″, which was unveiled during the World Conference of mobile phones in Barcelona, in the markets of the developing world for fifteen dollars.

Is scheduled to begin offering the new phone on the market in India, Turkey and eight African countries including Lesotho, Kenya and Ghana, the United Nations expects that the rate of people who use mobile phones to 5 billion people in 2010 and most of the increase will be in the developing world.

The International Telecommunication Union to increase the demand for possession of mobile phones is the result of increasing the number of people who use their phones for banking services and even health services.

He said Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union that even the cheapest and simplest cell types can be used to improve health services in developing countries.

The Hamadoun that, for example, can use SMS to provide guidance on when and how to deal with some of the drugs such as antivirals and vaccines.

The company explained that the Vodafone 150 is designed to facilitate the use of such services to the largest number of people, and new users can phone services voice calls, SMS messages, in addition to the possibility of payment of bills calls over the property into a mobile phone.

There is also a copy of the phone more expensive, known as the Vodafone 250 and contains a color screen and radio will be in the market for $ 20.

It is Janneh, said Ken Banks, an expert mobile phone use in the developing world, to put the new phone price $ 15 less than the usual price for phones, but not dramatically.