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The Impact of the Mobile Internet
2007-11-06
The internet, which is constantly evolving with recent inventions such as online social communities continuing to deepen users’ relationships with the medium, has significantly altered the way many consumers interact with information and each other. As the current web experience begins to break its ties with fixed infrastructure and becomes truly un-tethered and mobile, its evolution is experiencing a most difficult period of adjustment. Unfortunately, this drive towards a common experience brings huge challenges, which are no smaller than the clash of the IT world with the traditional telecommunications community.
| Author: | Stuart Carlaw | Vice President and Research Director, Mobile Wireless |
2007-11-06
The internet, which is constantly evolving with recent inventions such as online social communities continuing to deepen users’ relationships with the medium, has significantly altered the way many consumers interact with information and each other. As the current web experience begins to break its ties with fixed infrastructure and becomes truly un-tethered and mobile, its evolution is experiencing a most difficult period of adjustment. Unfortunately, this drive towards a common experience brings huge challenges, which are no smaller than the clash of the IT world with the traditional telecommunications community.