For cloud computing to truly take hold on mobile devices, two things need to align: stronger, faster mobile data connections delivering data to mobile devices and mobile technology capable of efficiently and effectively processing data, applications and services.
T-Mobile's 3G data network will use a technology called UMTS, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.
The new LTE technology boosts mobile data transfer speeds by 7-10 times over the performance of most W-CDMA networks.
As these forces combine, new leaders are going to emerge in digital data, mobile applications, technology infrastructure, business and government.
The reason for this lies in the volatility that continues to erupt around the pillars of disruption that define the open mobile era: rapid development of mobile Web technology, insatiable consumer demand for mobile Web and data services, and an evolving policy debate that may finally introduce a more equitable market.
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As 3G technology spreads globally, mobile data usage will continue to grow.
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According to data from technology research firm IDC, mobile handset sales in India during 2012 grew 16% from a year earlier to 218 million units, while sales of smartphones surged 48% to 16.3 million units.
He notes the irony of using technology, from GPS location data to mobile social-sharing, to report on a uniquely high-tech form of warfare.
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Companies like iDirect are promoting an alternative - small-cell technology, which allows mobile operators to backhaul data from sites, no larger than the average satellite dish.
The plans should see mobile broadband rolled out to at least 98% of people in villages, towns and cities across the UK. This will be achieved through 4G, the fourth generation of mobile technology, which will deliver much faster mobile data speeds to phones and other wireless devices than presently possible.
Scheduled for completion in October, Age of Context examines five technology forces: mobile, social media, big data, sensors and location-based technologies, which are converging into a superstorm of change.
Robert Scoble and I have been collaborating since July on Age of Context, a book about the convergence of five technology forces: mobile, social media, big data, location-based and sensors.
Although data are still lacking on the direct impact of mobile technology on cognition, there is extensive evidence showing that our brains are exquisitely sensitive to external interference by both irrelevant distractions and multitasking.
Once commercialized, 5G mobile communications technology will be capable of ultra-high-speed data transmission up to several hundred times faster than even the 4G LTE-Advanced technology due for launch later this year.
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It reports on the convergence of five forces: mobile, social media, Big Data, sensors and location to create an entirely new technology era, one in which context will shape business, marketing, advertising, our health, entertainment and our relationships with connected devices.
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In short, Big Data technology helps to make sense of the huge amounts of information created from mobile devices and cloud apps.
The rise of new hot technology like energy efficient processing, big data, cloud computing, and mobile computing is causing a revamp of how companies and people use computing.
We look forward to deployment of this innovative technology in smart phones, tablets and other mobile broadband devices, to provide faster data throughput, better coverage and wider range.
Together with the complementary technology forces of social, mobile, the cloud, and unified communications, big data brings countless new opportunities for learning about customers and their wants and needs.
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In assessing sustainability of data storage growth, the undeniable element lies in the evolution of application technology which encompasses mobile media including everything from a laptops, notebooks, e-readers, tablets and smart phones.
Indonesians have leap-frogged a generation of technology, and now download data and use social media largely through smartphones, rather than mobile phones and personal computers.
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