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10:47am

Thu May 19, 2011
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HUMANOSPHERE

Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw and cell phones to the world's poor

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Credit Tom Paulson / KPLU
Founders of Seattle's Grameen Technololgy Center share a laugh. From left, Alex Counts, Peter Bladin, Susan McCaw, Craig McCaw. McCaw donated $2 million in seed money to the organization, which aims to bring technology to the developing world.

A decade ago, few thought poor people had much use for cell phones and, likewise, few in the cell phone industry had much use for poor people.

The folks who launched Seattle’s Grameen Foundation Technology Center, which yesterday celebrated its 10th year anniversary (and new digs in Belltown), disagreed with both of those assumptions.

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