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Articles tagged with: Itu and Play
4.6 billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2009
The International Telecoms Union (itu) is reporting that mobile growth is continuing unabated, with global mobile subscriptions expected to reach 4.6 billion by the end of the year, and mobile broadband subscriptions to top 600 million in 2009, having overtaken fixed broadband subscribers in 2008. more
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Telecom Policy Makers Urged to Focus on Rural Connectivity
..in investing public funds to connect rural people; the relatively low institutional capacity of fledgling ICT ministries and regulators; the focus of some ICT operators on mostly urban markets; poor or non-existent electricity supply in many more
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Making Use of Europe's Digital Dividend now to Counter the Economic Downturn
..ipment and service providers. We also need to avoid a situation where decisions by one EU country negatively influence the use of digital dividend in others. This is why radio spectrum policy in Europe requires close cooperation between nationa more
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Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Teenagers Mental Health
..cessful world-first pilot of mobiletype developed by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI), the Telstra Foundation has committed a Social Innovation Grant worth $285,000 over two years as part of its ongoing community investment commi more
Related Tags: sms, ict, gps, telstra, Australia
Study Predicts 913 Million Mobile Banking Users by 2014
..n active part in the creation of some of tomorrow's most important financial institutions based in Asia and Africa." Besides traditional retail banking, the report also identifies international money transfer as a potential revenue source for mo more
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Web cubed – the network of everything
..ween. The upshot will be a network that can accompany and support users in any situation, dynamically adapting not only to the location, but also the contexts like work and leisure. But there are some big problems facing this rosy future. "The more
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Alvarion Delivers Turnkey WiMAX Network in Burkina Faso
..work will allow us to connect administration offices and governmental institutions throughout Burkina Faso using the broadband capabilities of the technology for data applications, Internet and VoIP." "We are proud to play a key role in enabli more
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Young, Wealthy - and Going Wireless
..ality on smart phones like the BlackBerry and iPhone, according to the aptly named, Luxury Institute. "Luxury advertisers and marketers should be aware that 3G devices are quickly gaining traction as ways to reach high net-worth individuals more
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Operators Can Reduce the Risks Associated with Buying Radio Spectrum
..ions on service and technology usage, and hence for a clear purpose. Now, however, the situation has become more complex." On the supply side, authorities have started auctioning spectrum in the 2.6GHz band, while many of them are still defini more
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Mobile Communications Is Uniquely Placed to Drive Economic Growth
.. Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO of Telenor Group and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, set out how the wider use of mobile broadband services can stimulate growth and help the world recover from the economic crisi more
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