Indicators: Week of 9/2/7
More and more, the world around us reflects the growing assumption of the law of mobility. Each week we will track indicators of Mobility’s growing importance in our businesses, our lives, and our society:
- IBM: “Mobility… will be the key issue in Middle East business technology solutions over the near term”
- By next year, 99% will deploy mobile devices in workforce
- Text messages replace love letters
- More cellphone-only than landline-only homes
- 98% of mobile workers use mobile e-mail
- 100k unlimited customers
- 100M prepaid subs
- In some emerging markets, WiMax is enabling 160% annual broadband growth
- 100% to 500% growth in mobile-enabled workers
- A few Mbps is plenty
- Twice as many cellphones as landlines
Full list here.
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