ITU Telecom World 2009 In Review 2009 Geneva 5-9 October VIP Programme Summary Report VIP PROGRAMME: Shaping Public Policy “Cash Goes Mobile” Nokia Teppo Paavola, Vice-President and General Manager of Mobile Financial Services, Nokia, United States H.E. Samuel Poghisio Kenya’s Minister of Information and Communications This session examined how to create the environment needed for mobile finan-cial services through cooperation among regulators, financial institutions and mobile network operators. The speakers were Teppo Paavola, Vice-President and General Manager of Mobile Financial Services, Nokia, United States, and Kenya’s Minister of Information and Communications Samuel Poghisio. Nokia believes that with more than 4 billion mobile phone users worldwide but only 1.6 billion bank accounts, global demand for access to financial services presents a strong opportunity to combine mobile devices with simple but pow- 34 VIP Programme Summary Report