Mobile phone-based reporting platform CGNet Swara, developed by former journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary and Bill Thies of Microsoft Research India, has logged more than 5,75,000 calls and published nearly 7,000 stories since its launch in 2010. Betting on cheaper mobile internet services and new technologies to expand its reach, villagers in central and eastern India are using their mobile phones.
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