M: As we know, mobile phones bring people great convenience and shorten the distance among friends and relatives.

M：我们都知道，手机不仅给人们带来了巨大的便利，还缩短了亲朋好友之间的距离。

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M: That's true. Some people pay too much attention to their mobile phones.

M：没错，有些人把太多注意力都放在手机上了。

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However, developing m-commerce applications is only one part of the equation. For mobile e-commerce to be successful, we'll need to adopt a number of mobile payment platforms too.

然而，移动商务的应用程序开发只是其中的一部分，移动电子商务若想成功，还需要建立起一系列的手机支付平台。

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Two companies, Safaricom and Vodafone, launched the M-Pesa mobile money service in Kenya in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

People can also transfer money to other mobile phone users, even those without an M-Pesa account.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

In fact,being a rich Western nation isn't necessarily an advantage when it comes to e-health and its mobile phone-based cousin, m-health.

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In 2007, Safaricom launched M-Pesa (M for mobile and Pesa- a Swahili word for money) which lets users deposit, transfer and withdraw funds via text message.

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In Kenya, the M-Pesa mobile money transfer system was launched in 2007 and is now woven into the fabric of everyday life.

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On the mobile front, the mobile industry in Africa has been growing exponentially over the past few years, fueled largely by the emergence of M-Pesa, a mobile-based money transfer service used as a microfinance tool.

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