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New paper on "Mobile Services Evolution"
A background paper on the evolution of mobile services from 2008-2018 has been published by the UN for the Bellagio conference on eHealth (that Rachel is helping to organize).
Here is an abstract of the paper:
Over the last 10 years, the progress made in the global mobile industry has been truly stunning. Mobile device ownership has gone from being a luxury item to necessity as the feverish rate of adoption has spread mobile technologies into every corner of the world. As we look into the next 10 years, it is certain that the mobile phone will be used for much more than just voice communications. There is an opportunity for private institutions and public enterprises to build a vision of cohesive mobile services platform that enables and engages the masses to both fundamentally enhance the quality of their daily existence as well as lead to new opportunities globally. This paper takes a look at the potential evolution of mobile technology and services over the course of the next 10 years and discusses an M-Services framework for building and deploying diverse mobile services. The paper also looks into the challenges of such an endeavor and steps that will be needed to achieve the vision.
The paper along with some other publications is online at: ehealth-connection.org/content/mhealth-and-mobile-telemedicine-an-overview .