Joe Trippi, the pioneer of Internet political campaigning with Howard Dean's 2004 presidential bid, shares his views on the next frontier in campaign technology for mobilization and fundraising in a May interview in Newsweek which is published on the MSNBC.com website.  "I think text messaging is going to be more important than ever.  Look at the success of the pro-immigration campaign.

David and Eric tackled a large topic, agreeing that the future of cell phones in helping developing markets is optimistic.  They agree that If you want to see what's happening with cell phones you need to get out of the US to China, India & Africa. People aren't using them to just talk to people or check e-mails, but they're using SMS.

The uses of cell phones are coming because people are unserved, particularly around banking in Africa. The more regulated the market, the less creative the technology. The challenge is finding usage models that are of value to people. Lots of things are already being done, but they're not being done  in an ecomically efficient way.

Hi, this is Ginny Hunt live-blogging from "Anyone Could Call: Cellphones in the Global South" at the NetSquared conference. I'll try to catch as much as I can as fast as I can - apologies in advance for any errors.

The session is being immoderated by Robert Frank, currently the VP of Strategy and Business Development at Banana Republic and CompuMentor Board Chair.

A bit about our speakers:

David Lehr, from Project Market Light at Stanford's Digital Vision Program, works with rural farmers in developing markets to deliver information on-demand, directly to cell phones.  Eric Sundelof is from the Reuters Foundation and inthefieldONLINE.net, a cellphone platform for in-the-field reporting solutions for especially emerging markets.