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The Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative is transforming lives around the globe. Explore these case studies, videos, news articles and blogs, and learn the effect each project has had on a community.

Featured Resources

Opportunities to Improve Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in India through Smartphones and 3G Connectivity Solutions

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The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning Success in Education

Qualcomm’s commitment to advancing mobile learning.

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Transforming Women’s Livelihoods Through Mobile Broadband

A study on the value of mobile broadband for working women in the developing world

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Blog Posts

Making Learning Mobile project empowers 5th grade students in Chicago Wireless Reach Wireless Heart Health project is honored with a CSR award in China Using Augmented Reality to see an atom at 100 million times its size Donate 15 minutes of your time today for the future of mobile education!Advancing human rights through Wireless Reach Wireless Reach is using 3G to improve the delivery of medicine to people with HIV/AIDS in Kenya People in rural communities experience improved opportunity using mobile devices Greetings from the International Climate Negotiations Wireless Reach releases new white paper highlighting mobile health strategies to improve maternal and child health in India Pop-up bazaar in Malaysia highlights businesses owned by women entrepreneurs

Videos

The latest Wireless Reach videos.

Wireless Reach Hapinoy Mobile Money Hub Program Wireless Reach Nigeria Wireless Reach Morocco Ultrasound Patrol Project QCamp: for girls in STEM Wireless Reach™ Global Video Transforming traditions with a mobile phone Wireless Reach Project: Power of mLearning in Kenya

Case Studies

Reports

Supporting Digital Inclusion in Malaysia Opportunities to Improve Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in India through Smartphones and 3G Connectivity Solutions The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning Success in Education Wireless Reach Brochure: 2014, English How Technical Innovation Can Improve Healthcare Access and Delivery: Cases from South Africa and China Morocco Mobile Ultrasound Patrol Project

Awards

Brazil

Participant in the ACE Award - USAID
Winner of the Arede Brazil Award for our Fishing with 3G Nets project

China

Participant in the ACE Award - USAID

India

Wireless Reach Fisher Friend project won the mBillionth award in the category of Agriculture and Ecology, 2014
Fisher Friend project was a Vodafone Mobile for Good Award finalist

Indonesia

Wireless Reach selected as finalist for the GSMA's 2012, mWomen: Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets for the AppLab project in Indonesia
Wireless Reach Selected as Finalist for the American Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Citizens Awards in the Best International Ambassador category for the AppLab program in Indonesia
Project partner, Grameen Foundation, was a winner of the Create a World that Works Award that was co-hosted by the eBay Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers. Qualcomm Wireless Reach matched the award funding to Grameen Foundation.
Winner of the Global Telecoms Business Award in June 2011 for our Application Laboratory project
Finalist for the Ernst and Young Award that was announced in Indonesia at the end of November 2011 for our Application Laboratory project
Winner of the Salesforce.com’s Force for Change Award for our Application Laboratory project

Philippines

Wireless Reach Selected as Finalist for the Good Practices Awards in the Philippines for the Wireless Access for Health Intiative
Winner of the Philippines Health Market Innovation (Galing Likha-Kalusugan Award) Award

South Africa

Wireless Reach Mobile Health Information System project was commended in the GBC Health 2013 Business Action on Health Awards Partnership / Collective Action category

Other

Wireless Reach Recognized as Computerworld Honors Laureate for 2012
Shawn Covell was the recipient of the TWIN Award which promotes the advancement of women
Shawn Covell won the Women Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Corporate Social Responsibility Award

News

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Press Notes: Qualcomm and BSR HERproject Team Up to Improve Women Factory Workers’ Health

JUN 9, 2014

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SD Metro Article: Transforming Lives with Mobile Technology

APR 1, 2014

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