The time has come to fuel the mobile money virtuous cycle and to reach the more than one billion consumers in Africa and beyond that have access to a mobile phone but do not have a formal bank account.
But the report also suggests some on-the-ground steps, including getting more mobile fuel facilities, deploying city staffers faster to work with community groups on relief operations and working with companies to extend cellphone towers' backup power.
On Tuesday Maloney said more powerful microprocessors--like the company's Atom line of mobile processors (See: Intel, Nividia Fight Over Gadgets) and fast, wireless networks would fuel will interest in mobile Internet devices like netbooks and nettops.
Apple bulls have been counting on the big subscriber base of China Mobile to fuel further iPhone growth in China.
In a flurry of announcements, Japanese manufacturers including Toshiba and NEC said they'd soon be rolling out miniature fuel cells to power mobile phones, music players and laptops.
Illinois-based company Renew Power has said it has already come up with a fuel cell compatible with mobile phones, by using formic acid, the chemical sprayed by black ants on the attack.
As a means to enable quick transactions and improve livelihoods and fuel economic development, mobile money will go a long way in providing financial services to the unbanked population and empower the individual to store and manage their funds.
Fuel cells, stationary or mobile, also provide tactical advantages.
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Perhaps the company needed to reserve the Sense 3.5 fuel for its gimmicky stab at mobile fashion, a.k.a. the Rhyme.
Ericsson is banking on greater demand for mobile voice and data traffic in Europe to fuel growth.
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As a solid-fuel rocket, this could be fired at short notice from mobile launchers.
Some in the industry talk of mobile phones capable of operating continuously for several weeks before their fuel cells need topping up.
The most futuristic product is a tiny fuel cell to produce power for use in portable applications, from hedge trimmers to mobile telephones.
The application, U.S. Fuel Price Mapping, provides drivers directions to gas stations with the lowest prices in the surrounding area from a mobile device.
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