January 7, 2014

Vodafone India

Vodafone India has about 70 million off-grid customers. Now it is taking its phone base stations off-grid at an impressive rate.

It recently announced a partnership with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India, a non-profit, scientific and policy research organization, working in the fields of energy, environment and a whole range of sustainable initiatives.

Under the partnership, Vodafone and TERI will further embed and promote sustainability in Vodafone India’s operations. Vodafone said environment care will be one of its key initiatives along with social empowerment and education in rural areas, regions where most of the company’s 150 million customers live.…

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Off-Gridder tipped as next billionaire

London squatter Amir Taaki has been tipped as a budding billionaire by Fortune magazine

The 25-year-old associated with Dark Wallet, an online service that allows people to trade Bitcoins anonymously, was one of two Londoners who first pioneered the digital currency several years ago, planning it in the offices of Hackspace.

In our video interview with him last year, Taaki explains why and how he coded Bitcoin.…

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