The Wikimedia Foundation received a $600,000 grant Friday from the Knight News Challenge competition at the Walter Cronkite School to fund a project that would provide access to Wikipedia from basic mobile phones around the globe.
Wikimedia, along with seven other innovators in the field of mobile technology, were awarded a total of $2.4 million in grants from the mobile portion of the News Challenge to fund ongoing projects using mobile devices.
The projects ranged from enabling radio stations to broadcast over cell phone networks to authenticating media shared by mobile devices. Many focused on improving the quality of life in underdeveloped nations, while others sought to promote community involvement in cities throughout the U.S.
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