In East Africa the development of M-PESA (a mobile financial payment system born out of social innovation) has become an avenue for nine million people to gain access to secured financial exchange services.
and geo tagging function on their smartphones help the research project measure global levels of light pollution,
boosting the diffusion of open data is the Mobile Internet and the increasing number of mobile devices.
Smartphones tablets, PDAS and other devices are becoming smaller, faster, smarter, more networked and personal.
An unlocked Android phone with touch screen, Wifi and GPS that sold for $300 four years ago now costs $30,
and the smart city that coordinates mobile cellular and GPS data to dynamically allocate resources and direct traffic.
and information presentation to users by means of mobile and web-based devices such as smartphones, computers and sensors.
a smartphone controlling the data acquisition and a modular sensor box with several pluggable sensors.
Widenoise is an iphone and Android app that helps people to understand the soundscape around
This enables users to see the measurements in real time by using a Bluetooth and Airprobe app on their smartphone,
In their research and practical work, Everyaware focus on sensing, mobile and location-based technologies, as well as data visualisation.
Mobile and location-based technologies: Cell phones and PCS incorporate sensors of increasing accuracy: GPS sensors, cameras, microphones, accelerometers and thermometers are already a default equipment in most of the mentioned devices.
Networks have accompanied also this process, by expanding the availability of an Internet connection throughout daily life.
Use of mobile phones for this purpose seems a particularly powerful way of getting ordinary people involved,
25,000 phones sold in less than 6 months. 50,000 followers on Facebook. Website: http://www. fairphone. com/Organisation Name Fairphone Short description Fairphone is a start-up company producing the world's first ethically sourced smart phone,
initiated at Waag Society in The netherlands. History and mission Fairphone was founded as a social enterprise in 2010.
The organisation can't be described as an ordinary smartphone manufacturer. It started as a joint project between Waag Society,
cobalt and tantalum mines (materials used in mobile phones) of the Democratic Republic of congo (DRC), many of which are controlled by armed groups,
creating and producing its own smart phone. Through its own phone production Fairphone sought to take the next step in uncovering the story behind the sourcing, production, distribution and recycling of electronics,
and demonstrate how a more transparent supply chain could be developed. 112 What does it do,
Thereby creating an alternative in the smart phone market and raising the bar for the industry.
The project is not about the phone itself, instead Fairphone aims to open up the supply chain behind making the smart phone,
and create full transparency around how the product is made. The phone is a storytelling icon
and the starting point of a conversation about transparency in production processes and supply chains. By connecting the dots for consumers about the social and environmental impacts of the electronic products they purchase
Production of a fairer smartphone: Fairphone aims to prove that it is possible to build a reasonably priced,
sourced from the same countries mobile phone companies would normally source material and assembly from, but by supporting independent miners and manufacturers who guarantee basic standards to their employees.
On November 13 2013 Fairphone announced that it had sold the first batch of 25,000 smartphones, using only social media for marketing.
as this means 25,000 people were willing to buy a phone that has not been produced yet from a company that has produced never a phone before,
The organisation aims to deliver the phones by the end of December 2013. The tin and tantalum in the first edition Fairphone are sourced from conflict-free mines outside of the control of warring parties in countries such as the Democratic Republic of congo,
and partners on the ground to achieve similar assurances about other materials used in the phone
In the DRC for example Fairphone looks to ensure that the raw materials that go into the phone do not fund the warring parties in the country.
Fairphone see the smart phone as a practical starting point for telling the story of how the economy functions,
However, it is important to note that Fairphone do not see the phone as a solution in and of itself,
understanding how phones are made and producing an alternative. Through mobilizing 25.000 potential consumers, Fairphone feels it has demonstrated how collective action can be made to count
Fairphone grew from a community platform to the first open mobile phone manufacturer. It is a great case of the open design movement creating grounds for new relations between product, manufacturers and consumers.
This open approach extends to plans for the phone itself and the software, although there is some way to go on this. 114 How is funded the organisation?
and produce its smart phone, it has received funding from Bethnal Green Ventures to participate in a startup Bootcamp
The phone itself is being sold in a pre-sale model and in batches of 25,000 at a time. 5000 people order
and pay for the phone before the company decides to go into production. This way a healthy relationship with the manufacturer can be built,
In August 2010, Landshare launched a free iphone app. The app featured a‘landspotting'camera tool
and phone apps emerge to enhance how citizens engage with the city. Type of organisation The Open Government Vienna strategy is part of the Smart City strategy of the City of Vienna,
so that people can sign the initiatives online with the online banking codes or their mobile phones.
The simple mobile app enables users to connect to each other seamlessly and share their Internet connection.
when downloaded and installed on a smartphone, laptop, tablet or other compatible device, helps turn the hardware into a router.
The Open Garden app is free for anyone to install on his or her smartphone, tablet or computer,
Open Garden creates an overlay mesh network using Bluetooth and Wi-fi connections across a range of mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets to laptops and desktops.
which requires the network provider to go beyond the traditional mobile data solution. Open Garden therefore wishes to speed up innovation from both the technology perspective and social perspective,
or request items from people in their neighbourhood online, via the Peerby website, their mobile or social media channels.
These are defined as devices that wrap computing peripherals around a cellphone hardware core; meaning that such devices can be produced for just a few tens of dollars.
Typically this sort of processor was used in mobile phones five years ago. Apart from the graphics processor, which is propriety to Broadcom,
while other prototypes can be linked to a mobile phone). These counters are available at different costs,
developing additional features for the smartphone app to interact with the hardware, and finalizing a 3d-printable, resilient enclosure.
with a separate version available for Android smartphones. Type of organisation The Tor Project is a US 501 (c)( 3) nonprofit dedicated to research, development,
The main services provided by Ushahidi are three free software products that enable social activism and public accountability, through crowdsourcing of information from citizen observers by mobile phones or the Internet.
Finally, lack of Internet connection and mobile phone networks that are down (which was the case in parts of Haiti after the earthquake) has also been cited as a barrier to using the platform in rural areas
develop a strategy for the integration of the markets for payments by card, internet or mobile phone,
(ii) making sure that these payment services are transparent for consumers and sellers,(iii) improving and accelerating the standardisation and interoperability of payments by card, internet or mobile phone,
and of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, are changing dramatically in terms of behaviour and expectations as shoppers.
More recently, with the growth and universal spread of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, a fourth and rapidly expanding channel has been added:
Significant development of digital commerce, including multi-channel and mobile; More sophisticated and personalised communication with the consumer;
The Fonebak initiative was the world's first mobile phone recycling scheme. The company saw an increase in turnover of 254
Countries with high penetration levels for fixed telephone lines, mobile phones, personal computers (PCS) and the Internet appear to achieve the greatest economic benefit from ICT.
Economist Intelligence Unit The ICT infrastructure index used here combines six connectivity variables penetration of traditional fixed lines, broadband access lines, mobile phones, PCS, Internet users and Internet servers
a breakthrough that enabled the growth of the region's highly competitive mobile services and equipment industry.
2. Mobile phones penetration (per 100 population. 3. Personal computers (number per 100 population. 4. Internet users (per 100 population.
%respondents) Improved management information 51 Communication and collaboration between employees 48 Customer relationship management 33 Integration of existing data/technologies 33 Remote/mobile working 23
Technologies for knowledge capture and dissemination 25 Remote/mobile working 23 Online sales and marketing channels 21 Enterprise resource planning 16 Outsourcing of IT services 14 On average how long does it take your company to achieve return on investment from ICT projects?(%
‘Leapfrogging'has taken place in some ICT-related areas (e g. mobile phone adoption), but it is plausible that,
and public sector. This trend is underpinned further by the fast growth of smartphones, tablets and other devices enabling mobile internet access,
In fact, 24%of Europeans reported having accessed the internet through a mobile phone and 6%reported using a tablet.
of Economics, Vol. 34, pp. 185 202 Pew Research Centre for the People & the Press, Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic
56 Phonebloks'aim is to develop a modular cellular phone to provide the opportunity to change, for example,
the camera or the memory card without having to change the entire phone. The approach was made open-source,
Users mainly physicians and medical workers connect to the network through Enhancing healthcare delivery through ICTS 147 local telephone nodes to access services such as physician collaborations (Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda.
Satellife provides service to remote medical units through email and internet traffic as international telephone connections to capital cities in the developing world.
Photograph of the child Child's name, year of birth and sex Father's name, address, telephone number Mother's name, address, telephone number Location:
because some companies did not report their e-mail, phone or website to contact. Of these 703 questionnaires
Firms that did not respond to the initial request for data were contacted a second time via telephone one month after the initial contact,
because some companies did not report their e-mail, phone or website to contact. Of these 703 questionnaires, 51 were returned incomplete for the following reasons:
Firms that did not respond to the initial request for data were contacted a second time via telephone one month after the initial contact,
From legacy first to digital first Beyond simplification, cloud and mobile are now valuable options, if not necessities.
From the nexus to the next horizon Cloud, mobile, social and information the Nexus of Forces are no longer exotic options;
PATENTS ROYALTIES INTERNET EXPORTS TELEPHONES ELECTRICITY SCHOOLING ENROLMENT PATENTS 1. 00 0. 13-0. 09 0. 45 0. 28 0
-0. 35-0. 03 TELEPHONES 1. 00 0. 64 0. 30 0. 33 ELECTRICITY 1. 00 0. 65 0. 26
. 08 TELEPHONES-0. 76-0. 39-0. 16-0. 16-0. 41-0. 16 0. 16-0. 09 ELECTRICITY-0
Factor 4 is formed by ROYALTIES and TELEPHONES. Yet, despite the rotation of factors, the sub-indicator of EXPORTS has 23 sizeable loadings in both Factor 1 (negative loading) and Factor 2 (positive loading.
-0. 04 0. 36 TELEPHONES 0. 37 0. 17 0. 38 0. 68 ELECTRICITY 0. 82-0. 04 0. 25
0. 58-0. 14 TELEPHONES 0. 41 0. 13 0. 18 0. 73 ELECTRICITY 0. 13 0. 57-0. 13
TELEPHONES has the highest variable-total correlation and if deleted the coefficient alpha would be as low as 0. 60.
EXPORTS-0. 108 0. 774 TELEPHONES 0. 701 0. 603 ELECTRICITY 0. 614 0. 624 SCHOOLING 0. 451 0. 662
1. 5 2. 0 PATENTS RECEIPTES INTERNET EXPORTS TELEPHONES ELECTRICITY SCHOOLING ENROLMENT Group 3 Group 2 Group 1 Figure 3
0. 00 0. 07 Telephones 0. 37 0. 17 0. 38 0. 68 0. 05 0. 02 0. 12 0
the third only by University (0. 77) and the fourth by Royalties and Telephones (weighted with 0. 49 and 0. 26). 15 Weights are normalized squared factor loading, e g. 0. 24=(0. 79
. 07 0. 06 Telephones 0. 15 0. 11 Electricity 0. 11 0. 09 Schooling 0. 19 0. 10 University 0
Exports Telephones Electricity Schooling University CI Finland 0. 15 0. 17 0. 17 0. 16 0. 19 0. 17 0
Table 6. 4. Comparison matrix A of eight sub-indicators (semantic scale) Objective Patents Royalties Internet Tech exports Telephones Electricity Schooling University
1 4 4 1/2 3 Telephones 1/5 1/4 1/2 1/4 1 1 1/5 1
. 450 0. 500 Patents Royalties Internet hosts Tech exports Telephones Electricity Schooling University st. Standard deviation Figure 6. 2. Results of the AHP
and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) Patents Royalties Internet Tech exports Telephones Electricity Schooling University EW 0. 13 0. 13 0. 13
Patents Royalties Internet Tech exports Telephones Electricity Schooling University Finland 187 125.6 200.2 50.7 3. 080 4. 150 10 27.4
Telephones (weight 1/8), Electricity (weight 1/8) and University (weight 1/8) . Thus the score for Finland is 4*1/8=0. 5
Two sub-indicators are included here, telephones and electricity, which are especially important because they are needed to use newer technologies
which is indispensable to participation in the network age (2000) EXPORTS%Exports of high and medium technology products as a share of total goods exports (1999) Diffusion of old innovations TELEPHONES Telephone lines
Units are given in Table A. 1. PATENTS ROYALTIES INTERNET EXPORTS TELEPHONES (log) ELECTRICITY (log) SCHOOLING ENROLMENT 1 Finland 187 125.6 200.2 50.7 3. 08 4
B2c E-commerce Growth rate per Country page 28 Online Expenditure per E-shopper page 29 Online Expenditure per E-household page 30 Mobile Commerce
the growth in smartphones and tablet devices has changed the way people shop and the constant connectivity has seen a shift in shopping time and location.
With many purchase journeys starting on a smartphone and being completed on another device, it is imperative that the shopping experience is seamless across multiple devices.
With a number of retailers still to develop a mobile-enabled experience, an opportunity is being missed to convert a browser to a buyer.
In addition, merchants that have adopted the mobile first strategy in both check out and payment pages are seeing considerably higher success rates.
Top 3 Online Players UK 1. Amazon 16%2. Tesco 9%3. ebay 8%Mobile commerce accounted for nearly one third of all online sales in the UK
In addition about half of all visits to British e-retail sites was made through a smartphone or tablet during that period.
Of all mobile phone owners, nearly two thirds had a smartphone late 2013, which represents an increase of 23.5%compared to a year before.
The potential for m-commerce is clearly present in Sweden Mobile commerce turnover increased from €103. 4mn in 2010 to €834. 3mn in 2013,
Germany Phone:++49 621 1235 184 Fax:++49 621 1235 170 E-mail: rammer@zew. de Chapter 1 List of Figures Figure 2-1:
While work in the past was focused on‘demand pull'activities such as improved mobile phone functionality, the decisions for these functions were external to the cluster.
the label‘tech'covers a wide spectrum from semiconductor design to smartphone apps with an observation that‘young software firms are geekier
The organisational learning they may take from working with a phone app development company could be transferred
smartphones essentially provided email on the move and little else. Cloud computing was hardly on the radar. For any CIOS wanting to introduce an innovative new application,
data analytics and mobile are rapidly emerging as disruptive forces for businesses across all industries, from retailers and banks through to carmakers and energy companies.
and transfer the data onto a smart phone to send to a health care provider. This is an example of how technology contributes to generate new revenues for our firm,
The rise of the digital business A core set of digital technologies mobile, social, the cloud and data, among others are transforming companies at both an operational and a strategic level.
but the next phase of our local transformation will be to focus closely on mobile for our market,
leading implementation of digital technologies such as cloud, mobile and analytics IT-intensive industry CIOS are more likely to hold a seat in the executive management team,
mobile and analytics within the business, compared with just 51%of IT-intensive industry CIOS. All CIOS focus on issues relating to business performance and IT budgets,
Her work in using mobile and analytics to drive greater sales is representative of where this role is headed (see next trait for more).
so you need a foundational architecture for mobile, cloud, data, applications, and so on. If you don't,
The research draws on a telephone survey of 166 (information technology leaders from a range of IT-intensive industries,
This has generated a raft of new mobile investment activity in global business services (& global business services centres) to manage more complex global corporate structures and activities,
there is recognition that the IFS industry is highly mobile and that Ireland needs to continue to invest to ensure the ongoing development and growth of the sector18.
This has generated a raft of new mobile investment activity in global business services (& global business services centres) to manage more complex global corporate structures and activities,
Data includes consumer spending on console (incl. handheld), PC games, online games and wireless/mobile games and video games advertising.
At the same time, the mobile and generally younger workforce employed in SSC/Contact Centres is attracted to the urban area that offers a range of potential employers as well as a dynamic and vibrant quality of life.
A call centre operative requires strong communication skills involving active listening and an ability to empathise as well as basic telephone etiquette.
His Grameen Telecom has brought cellphone ownership to 300 000 rural poor in 50 000 in Bangladesh.
The Pedagogical Implications of Digital, Social and Mobile Media John V. Pavlik Rutgers University, United states Abstract Emerging technologies are fueling a third paradigm of education.
The confluence of networking, geo-location and mobile, wearable technology such as Google glass and cloud computing can overcome the constraints of place, time and content in education.
It's 118 worth noting that more than half (56 percent) of adults in the U s as of 2013 use a smartphone (Smith 2013.
Among youth, the level of smartphone and mobile device is even higher (80 percent among the 18-34 segment,
Notably, smartphone ownership is even higher among the Black/Non-Hispanic (63 percent) and Hispanic (60 percent) population than the White/Non-Hispanic (53 percent.
called geocaches, using a smartphone or GPS and can then share their experiences online (Geocaching, 2014).
Mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets can be used easily as well as clicker apps and other tools for active learning are widely available at low or no cost (Socrative, 2014).
Your smartphone is watching you. The New york times. Retrieved on 2 january 2015 from http://www. nytimes. com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/douthat-your-smartphone-is-watching-you. html?
hp ELI. 2011). ) Seven Things You Should Know About First Generation Learning Analytics. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Briefing.
Pew Internet & American Life Project-Smartphone Ownership 2013. Retrieved on 9 june 2013 from http://www. pewinternet. org/Reports/2013/Smartphone-Ownership-2013. aspx Socrative (2014.
Socrative. Retrieved on 24 february 2014 from http://www. socrative. com/Steinkuehler, C. & Duncan, S. 2013.
it currently shows low penetration rates of new technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet. Ghana is ranked 103rd this year,
and infrastructures e g. sensor networks where they connect their devices, such as phones and Internet modems,
when more users are added) 1 applies to the value of technical networks like widespread smartphone usage.
In East Africa the development of M-PESA (a mobile financial payment system born out of social innovation) has become an avenue for nine million people to gain access to secured financial exchange services.
Smartphones, tablets, PDAS and other devices are becoming smaller, faster, smarter, more networked and personal.
and geo-tagging functions on their smartphones help the research project measure global levels of light pollution,
It can also include the development of open source mobile phone alternatives such as Fairphone69 on top of which a whole new open ecosystem of services and applications could flourish, based on open-source and open-hardware developments.
or surveys) and personal interviews (face-to-face, telephone, or in working groups). A key feature brought in by these European union-sponsored exercises was the introduction of external experts in this analytical phase.
Europe in a changing world inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies5 INSO-9-2015 Innovative mobile e-government applications by SMES 4. 00 INSO-10
and are now in many real life affordable devices, such as smartphones and tablets. The Commissions is investing €4. 4 million to support 12 different organisations across seven countries to identify just how well this new software works.
Manufacturing industries (it is home to the headquarters of state owned heavy industries such as Hindustan Aeronautics, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bharat Electronics, Indian Telephone Industry, Hindustan Machine tools),
The Indians are seen as ambitious and capable people who are international mobile with high qualifications.
%(2013) 22 97%(2014) 1a2 Fixed BB Take-up%households 68%(2014) 13 66%(2013) 13 70%(2014) 1b1 Mobile BB
%At the same time, Hungary has the lowest score in mobile broadband take-up. The recent spectrum allocations may trigger a growth in mobile broadband in the coming years.
DESI 2015 Country Profile Hungary Page 3 of 6 2 Human Capital 2 Human Capital Hungary Cluster score EU score rank score
The analysis is based on literature, interviews with industry representatives and experts, company case studies and a telephone survey among decision-makers in European enterprises from the TLS industries.
communications equipment (such as mobile phones), office equipment (such as copiers) and data communications and network equipment (such as switching and routing equipment, cellular mobile infrastructure) €159 billion Software products
System and application software €76 billion IT services Consulting, implementation and operations management €140 billion Carrier services Fixed voice telephone and data services, mobile telephone
E-business in the transport & logistics industry 43 Voice-over-IP Voice over internet Protocol, also called Voip, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, Broadband telephony, Broadband Phone and Voice
Some Voip services offer features and services that are not available with a traditional phone,
while Voip to public switched telephone networks (PSTN), 59 may have a cost that's borne by the Voip user.
a common scenario predicts that all fixed network voice telephony might be converted to internet protocol. 59 The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the network of the world's public circuitswitched telephone networks,
related to mobile personal assistance for travel information, published by ICT Results79 (see business example). Business example:
Mobile personal assistant for travel information (Im@gine-IT) A mobile, personal access device providing location-based transport information, mapping
be it a mobile phone, mobile PC, PDA or in-car system. By communicating with Web-based services hosting the relevant information,
DMS may be needed in enterprises that capture and store a large number of documents such as invoices, sales orders, photographs, phone interviews,
Interaction can be through a variety of channels, such as web pages, email, automated phone (Automated Voice Response AVR) or SMS. Analytical-analysis of customer data for a broad range of purposes (for example,
with complete Java internal support and external web interfacing for the e-ticket sales via Internet and mobile phone.
and positive impacts, including the opening of new sales channels (mobile and internet sales) which increase the customer satisfaction,
when they add a new channel to sell the tickets (internet, mobile phone, travel agency, ticket offices, etc.).
and the mobile phone sales represent 1%of ticket sales. One example of the advantages of the integrated sales system of ALSA is the integration of all the relevant information of the sales process into one single system.
intelligent proximity sensors onboard some of the vehicles or the use of integrated mobile data communications systems onboard the buses. Some of the high class buses (like the Supra class coach) have implemented also free Wifi Internet connection service for the clients.
For the remaining 60%the information has to be collected manually by Saima Avandero through channels including e-mail, fax, and telephone.
The solution should allow sending an SMS in an automated way from the supplier's mobile phone
and to be able to serve an increasing number of telephone customers. In 1992 Trafikanten put the first travel planner in place did they develop it?.
Passenger information data can be accessed using a dialogue-oriented user menu on a WAP-compatible mobile phone (Wireless application protocol.
In a voluntary telephone survey, in order to achieve the targeted interview totals, it is always necessary to contact more companies than the number targeted.
and wrong and/or unobtainable telephone numbers. Exhibit A1-6 shows the completion rate by country (completed interviews as percentage of contacts made) and reasons for non-completion of interviews.
However, this effect cannot be avoided in any voluntary survey (whether telephone-or paper-based. Exhibit A1-6:
3016 8246 15862 1. 1 Telephone number not valid 541 31 53 299 645 38 611 1811 1. 2 Not a company (e g. private household
(net) 4112 3781 4567 2416 5700 2743 4954 11678 2. 1 Nobody picks up phone 65 462 1061 0 440 147 112 2280
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