A little offtopic as this doesn't directly pertain to Wikimedia, but
thought this was really fascinating - an organization has established a
grassroots, community run mobile network in Mexico (and as I understand it
are trying to do something similar in Nigeria), using free/libre/open
source software:
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/mexican-rural-community-creates-own-mobile…
And if you read Spanish, an article from La Jornada:
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2013/08/17/94147812-telefonia-comunitari…
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