The mobile phone is dying, but mobile technology is just beginning
Chris Minas, Founder and CEO of Nimbletank, tells Information Age how the mobile phone as we…
Mobile internet users in India will reach 371 million by June 2016
The number of mobile internet users in India is expected to grow by more than 55% to 371 million by June this year, driven by strong adoption in rural parts of the country, industry body IAMAI said.
The mobile internet user base in the…
USSD mobile technology revolutionizes Africa – Quartz Africa
Every time you dial * XYZ # to check the airtime balance on your phone, you're using a decades-old technology standard called USSD. For a very long time, that's about all it was for, but now the game has changed.USSD stands for…
Doug Aitken reflects our obsession with mobile technology
Forty-five years ago, American engineer Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk in midtown Manhattan and changed the world: he made the first public call on a cell phone. Today, according to a UN study, more people own a mobile phone than a…
New Denver-Based Mobile Service Called Visible Launches With $ 40 Unlimited Data Plan
There is a new mobile service in town for Denverites. Literally.
Visible, which opened its headquarters in Denver earlier this year, hopes to attract customers across the country who want to pay less for unlimited data plans. At $ 40 per…
AT&T announces its pre-5G mobile service will arrive in Denver this year
Denver has finally been added to AT & T's list of pre-5G wireless service deployments with a launch slated "later this year," the company said on Friday.
In February, AT&T made its dive into faster wireless service first in parts of…
More mobile: technological innovation for self-storage operators
We always call them cell phones, but they are much more than that. We expect our phones to do almost everything. While the range of mobile devices includes laptops and…
Survey: Mobile technology is becoming essential for service professionals
According to a new survey commissioned by Verizon Telematics, customers are coming to expect technologies such as business or smartphone-based apps - and the conveniences they can offer - from the service providers they hire, such as as…
AT&T will roll out 5G mobile internet to customers in late 2018
According to AT&T, retrained employees are twice as likely to be hired into one of their critical new jobs and four times more likely to advance in their careers.Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAT&T announced Thursday…
Security Keys vs Portable Hotspots: Mobile Internet Devices Explained
Gone are the days when most of us connected via phone lines. The days when Ethernet cables were needed to achieve high speeds are also over. We go online wirelessly and the range of our routers does not limit us. Mobile internet devices…
This company offers free mobile Internet to 40 million people worldwide
When Facebook tried to offer a free version of the internet in India, it didn't do very well. The company's app, called Free Basics - which Mark Zuckerberg touted as a way to lift people out of poverty through connectivity - only gives…
NMSU engineer works to make next-gen mobile technology a reality
LAS CRUCES - The number of wireless devices connected to mobile networks is estimated to be three times the size of the world's population by 2020.Smartphone traffic will exceed PC traffic. Global Internet traffic in 2020 is expected to be…
Why mobile technology is perfect for travelers
In recent years, mobile technology has come a long way and now offers tremendous benefits to…
Mobile technology and child and adolescent development — ScienceDaily
A new special section of child development shows how the use of mobile technology is particularly diverse among children and adolescents, and highlights a great complexity in the effects of this use.
This special section of child…
Mobile technology, its importance, present and future trends
Mobile technology is a form of technology that is mainly used in cellular communication and other related aspects. It uses a form of platform where many transmitters have the ability to send data at the same time on a single channel.…
Comcast’s new mobile service is a good deal, but maybe not enough
Comcast thinks so has an answer to cutting cables: to get into the mobile wireless network business. But that may not be enough to stop its traditional cable customers from rushing into online video.Today, the company announced that it…
Get ready for a new era of mobile technology
Artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and bots embedded in messaging apps will create new opportunities to interact with users through…
Implications of the Growth of Mobile Technology – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Communication between humans has evolved over the past 5,000 years - from the use of smoke signals and drums in ancient times to the use of cell phones in present times - has not only changed the speed of communication, it has had a…
Helping universities fight depression with mobile technology
Depression is the leading mental health issue on college campuses in the United States In 2015, a survey of more than 90,000 students at 108 U.S. colleges and universities found that in the previous year, more than a third of them had…
Bringing the best of mobile technology to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
We are truly delighted to announce that we have entered into a five-year partnership with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, helping them to make the most of the opportunity of mobile clinical applications to improve care. This is now…
Impact of mobile technology in business communication
Business strategies have evolved tremendously over the years. This was made possible by the rapid integration of various technological tools which have automated tasks and made business processes simpler and more efficient, thus increasing…
Mobile internet use overtakes the desktop for the first time, study finds – TechCrunch
According to internet monitoring company StatCounter, more users worldwide are accessing the internet from mobile devices than from desktops for the first time. Combined mobile device and tablet traffic tipped the balance at 51.2%,…
Mobile internet connections are the norm in Mexico
As mobile phone usage has increased in Mexico, a June 2016 GSMA report notes that mobile internet subscriptions have quickly begun to overtake voice-only connections.
In 2000, the vast majority of Mexicans had no mobile phone…
Mobile internet awareness and digital skills are intrinsically linked
Mobile has the power to transform society in India. It's a key part of everyday life, amplified by the government's Digital India campaign, launched in July 2015.
However, while there will be 690 million smartphones in India by 2020, the…
Impact of mobile technology on workplace productivity
Over the years, mobile technology has proven to be a staple for both personal and business purposes.
Due to its convenience, speed and efficiency, mobile has become one of the go-to technologies for most. Enterprise…
Online chat application to launch a mobile Internet service with free access to Facebook and Twitter
Messaging app giant Line revealed on Thursday that it is set to launch a mobile internet service using its own SIM cards. Called Line Mobile, it will launch in Japan this summer.There will be no charge for streaming Line Music.Line Corp…
Mobile internet is no longer just internet | John Naughton
Jhe Christmas holidays are the time of year when different generations of the family gather around the dinner table. It is therefore a perfect opportunity for a technological anthropology spot. Here's how.At some point, insert into the…
What is the impact of mobile technology on education?
This post originally appeared on the Brown Center Chalkboard blog.
Despite the emergence of digital learning models, most countries around the world still design their education systems for agrarian and industrial eras rather than…
How mobile technology can improve education
Education is at a critical juncture in many countries around the world. It is vital for student learning, workforce development and economic prosperity. For example, research in Turkey has shown that raising the compulsory education…
China cuts mobile service to Xinjiang residents by avoiding internet filters
HONG KONG - The Chinese government is shutting down mobile service for residents of Xinjiang who use software that allows them to bypass internet filters, stepping up an already aggressive electronic surveillance strategy in the country's…
How mobile technology in education is shaping the next generation of employees
Gen Z will be our workforce before we know it
Technology is…
Mobile technology can help people improve their health behaviors
According to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published in the association's journal Traffic.
The new statement reviewed the small number of published, peer-reviewed studies on the effectiveness of mobile health…
Qatar’s mobile internet is the fastest in the world in terms of data rate
DOHA: Qatar was named first out of 119 countries for average mobile internet speeds in a client speed test of networks around the world, Ooredoo said yesterday. According to Ookla speed test, a popular internet speed test website, Qatar's…
Racial and ethnic differences in the way people use mobile technology
For many years, researchers have studied the "digital divide" by examining the gap between those who have access to digital and those who do not. But as these gaps have narrowed over time, another set of contrasts have emerged in how…
Mobile technology has created 11 million jobs and $3.3 trillion in revenue
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We know that mobile technology has had a huge impact on the…
Three charts that show China’s mobile technology revolution
John Villasenor, Lei Wen and Jianwen Chen recently co-authored a Forbes blog post titled “China's Wireless Industry in Ten Charts”. They use the latest data to illustrate the rapid growth of mobile technology in China. The graphics…
Women and mobile technology
On Friday, April 4, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) held its 2014 Global Women in Leadership Conference, which this year examined how technology is providing new opportunities for women. The…
I Spent a Week Using Mobile Internet Only, and So Can You — Quartz
I spent the last week connecting my computer to my phone's mobile internet connection. It was horrible. I recommend it unreservedly.It took many years for people in wealthy countries to move from slow dial-up connections (remember those?)…
The 5 best universities for mobile technology
It might have been easier to locate the mobile-friendly colleges in the mid-2000s, before schools of all sizes invested in supporting the web-connected mobile devices of all kinds that were pouring into campus. .
It's increasingly…
Saudi Mobily to launch mobile piggyback service
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia Mobily will start leasing its mobile phone network to a new operator to launch a competing service in the first quarter, an executive said, kicking off the world's biggest shake-up. the kingdom's…
Today’s Internet is Mobile Internet
Once upon a time, in 2007 to be exact, if you wanted to use the web on your phone, you only had access to a limited subset via the Wireless Application Protocol…
Test & Measurement: LTE Testing and Deployment Continues to Grow – Mobile Technology |…
Chart of commercial LTE network launches. Courtesy of GSA.
Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications' announcing the availability of validated LTE location compliance tests for GCF certification for "any…
Test and Measure: LTE Testing and Deployment Continues to Grow – Mobile Technology | Wireless…
Graph of commercial LTE network launches. Courtesy of GSA.
Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications' Announcing the availability of validated LTE location compliance tests for GCF certification for "each…
10 ways to improve your business with mobile technology
A recent study shows just how dependent small businesses have become on mobile technology. The 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll indicates that 85% of small businesses now use some sort of smartphone. And 80% of small…
Mobile technology: the incredible impact on our lives
iPad used to enable communication for otherwise incapable patients
I have been passionate about mobile technology for decades. At first, mobile…
Samsung and Ooredoo Collaborate for Mobile Internet Service
BARCELONA: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ooredoo, formerly known as Qtel Group, a leading telecommunications company to accelerate mobile internet adoption and create value…
Immigrants use mobile technology more than the general US population, local research finds
A graph showing the findings of the Visitor Center. To learn more, read the full report .According to a study by the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, immigrants are "more robust and interactive users" of mobile technology than the…
3 steps to change mobile service provider
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If your smartphone has been dropping more calls or taking longer to download web pages or emails, it might be time to start thinking about…