MOBILE TECHNOLOGY &COMMUNICATION

The changes brought by information and communication technology, ICT, in India have affected its economy and its growth as a nation profoundly. This very growth, however, the spread of use by businesses, students and individuals has raised serious security concerns. Much of the growth in ICT has been driven by the availability of broadband Internet access, but data networks, especially wireless ones - WiFi, WiMAX - present significant security risks, making the security of India’s data an issue of paramount importance. . Businesses and ICT Small and medium businesses, SMBs, in India are cognizant of the need for ICT solutions to help them grow, achieve operational efficiencies and become globally competitive. Most SMBs are looking for an ICT solution that is scalable, flexible and provides good outside support. They are also looking for technology solutions that can help integrate local offices, bring them closer to customers and help plan the future capacities and investments required to sustain growth. Another aspect of ICT solutions for SMBs involves the supply chain management system; rather than provide a one-size-fits-all solution, vendors must be able to customize solutions for the individual business. Whether it’s a computer, printer and scanner for a home office, a server for a small business or end-to-end IT architecture for a medium-sized firm, the SMB segment is eager to integrate IT into the conduct of its business. This sector is technologically savvy, and prefers to have the latest technology at its service to facilitate quick access to information and efficient decision-making. The SMB sector, which is growing at 15-20 per cent annually, therefore presents a growth opportunity for IT vendors to become partners, rather than mere sellers of technology. Vendors must be able to partner with SMBs to understand their growth plans and provide solutions with the lifecycle to meet these plans. In the process, it will also lead to widespread and even adoption of ICT by corporate India. Security issues The growth and popularization of ICT - whether it’s a networking solution for the SMB firms, high-speed Internet connectivity, or the adoption of personal computing by individuals and firms - creates new security concerns. For instance, the spread of broadband connections means a greater number of users than before can access high-speed, always-on Internet. Data downloading becomes faster and easier, but wireless networks are especially vulnerable to interception or disruption. Unauthorized access to a wireless network can not only reduce bandwidth speed, but opens the door for security breeches and the loss of data. Today’s business users are looking for notebooks and PCs that pack in the latest features. Reliability features such as hard drive protection, panel protection, spill resistant keyboards and tough casing are top priorities for business executives who want their devices to withstand daily use. They also desire easy-to-use, one-touch access to the device’s various high-tech features. Most importantly, users are looking for security features that go beyond physical protection. They want to have peace of mind, and to know that the data stored in their notebooks is protected from unauthorized access. Given this scenario, it is not surprising that India’s ICT security industry is poised to enjoy the same kind of growth witnessed in the IT industry in the 1990s. India is one of the fastest-growing ICT security markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Indian enterprises are keen to establish or upgrade their existing security infrastructures. It is well recognized that ICT can lead economic growth - India’s success story is a case in point. The eagerness with which the SMB segment is adopting ICT shows the trend will continue. Government agencies have also been quick to adopt IT architecture to run internal networks and for e-governance. ICT is a development tool, and these technologies can help meet the educational, health, governance, employment and commercial needs of the country. However, with the growth in Internet and PC penetration, the issue of information security has become a critical concern. Therefore, one of the most pressing challenges ahead is to make the country’s ICT base secure. This can be done through consumer education and awareness on the one hand, and government commitment to developing cyber laws on the other.
WHAT IS MOBILE TECHNOLOGY?
Mobile technology is exactly what the name implies - technology that is portable. Examples of mobile IT devices include:
• laptop and netbook computers
• palmtop computers or personal digital assistants
• mobile phones and 'smart phones'
• global positioning system (GPS) devices
• wireless debit/credit card payment terminals
Mobile devices can be enabled to use a variety of communications technologies such as:
• wireless fidelity (WiFi) - a type of wireless local area network technology
• Bluetooth - connects mobile devices wirelessly
• 'third generation' (3G), global system for mobile communications (GSM) and general packet radio service (GPRS) data services - data networking services for mobile phones
• dial-up services - data networking services using modems and telephone lines
• virtual private networks - secure access to a private network
It is therefore possible to network the mobile device to a home office or the internet while traveling.
MOBILE COMMUNICATION 'INTEGRATED INTO OUR CULTURE'
According to Zara Rabinowicz, technology journalist ,
“Mobile Communication is something that many brands are only just beginning to consider, but consumers have already embraced mobile technology, the rise of apps is helping to drive the ever-tighter integration of mobile technology into our culture. The fact that the UK tops the polls in terms of using mobile technology demonstrates the extent that mobile communication has become integrated into our culture.
Apps are helping to ensure "seamless delivery of content to the source", noting that maps and shopping are two areas where both the physical and online journey of the user can be enhanced by the use of apps.The news comes just weeks after a study by 2ergo found that retailers in the UK are failing to respond to consumers' phone habits.

ABOUT TIGERTEXT:Tiger Text is the next generation of mobile communication. Members, who join the Tiger Text network by downloading a smart phone application, can send text messages or images that delete off both the sender’s and receiver’s phone after a selected period. Once a sender selects the message lifespan (from 1 minute up to 30 days), expired messages not only delete from both phones, but are not stored on any server and they cannot be retrieved once expired. The sender can also choose other options that do not exist with current texting technology such as deleting the history of the conversation or making a text message “Delete on Read,” meaning the message will disappear 60 seconds after the recipient opens the message, or receive notification of message status and get detailed analytics of their mobile communication.
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
The FINANCIAL -- On November 25
The magazine writes about International Conference, which was held in Baku initiated by TeliaSonera. The main focus of the conference was “Mobile Communocations for Social Change” and the goal of the operators under TeliaSonera Eurasia group was to inform mass media about their socal responsibility projects. On the conference Georgia was represented by Geocell. Corporate Social Responsibility is especially important factor for Geocell. In this direction the company runs long term social projects, which is positively reflected on the country’s welfare. Every innovation offered by the company is created first of all on the basis of customers’ needs. Taking care of cultural heritage, supporting education and sport, active involvement in integration of people with disability – is the main priority for Geocell. A considerable part of the project of the century has already been accomplished. Today, the Ikalto monastery complex looks almost like it did centuries ago. There is no more danger that a temple will collapse or that the rain will damage it. The Ikalto monastery complex was considerably damaged during the invasions of Tamerlane and Shah Abbas. Later, during the annexation of Georgia by Russia, the temples were painted with lime. At the end of the 19th century, a fence was added to the complex. Now, when the temple was recovered from the old acts of vandalism, it returned its face typical for Georgian architecture as well as the colorful gamma that is so characteristic for Georgian monuments. Archeologists have summed up the results of the two-year work. The discoveries were far beyond expectations.
The specialists opt five of the most important discoveries at the Ikalto monastery complex. First of all it was the Deity Temple, the monument of the 10th century, which needed a restoration. The digs began from this place. The damage was so significant that it became necessary to consolidate the foundation.
1. The initial structure of the church was revealed. Receptacles and an alter were discovered to the South, which have to be late extensions and date to approximately 11-12th centuries. These digs also revealed initial proportions. When an architect constructs a church, s/he does it according to the style of the epoch. Before the digs at the Deity Church begun, it was obvious that the building was far from its initial proportions and it seemed like inappropriate for its epoch. Since after the surface was dug 1.5 meter deep, the proportions were entirely revealed. Now we no longer have to imagine how Ikalto looked like because we can actually see it.

2. Inside the temple, the late brick flooring was removed, which was laid in the 19th century. Yet these were only fragments but still, the remains of the old church were revealed. It has to be supposed that we are dealing with a three-nave or three-church basilica. It became necessary to dig a canopy in front of the diaconate in the southeast corner of the church. According to a legend, under the place where the canopy was erected the founder of the monastery St. Zenon and the greatest Georgian public figure, a confessor of David Agmashenebeli and the founder of the academy – Arsen from Ikalto were buried. Two burial grounds were discovered at the exact locations, which were described in historical sources.
3. During the digs, to the east of the church, in the yard, an apse chapel was revealed. Nothing was visible at this place before. One more church was discovered to the Northeast. To the Northeast of the Small Trinity Church, we discovered a single-nave church. The first impression was that it dates back to the 11-12th centuries. Additionally, on the southern wall of this church another attached church was discovered. There also a wine cellar was found, which was not visible before. In fact, the inner yard became filled with building. Until recently it was supposed thought that the yard of Ikalto was a park-like. As it turned out, there were several churches under the ground.
4. Archeological digs helped to discover many examples of building ceramics. Furrow framed and flat tiles of various colors - blue, red, sky-blue – were found as well as the ware of the late and developed Middle Ages.
5. 80 coins were discovered as a result of archeological digs. 12 of them were found in broken ware. These are Ilkhanid or Mongolian coins. After the study, it was determined that these coins were cut out in Tbilisi during the governing of Abu Sa'eed. These also were important discoveries. As it seems, the coins were hidden during an invasion of Tamerlane.
3G MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH,
The Swedish survey will be implemented in September and will be overseen by the department of technology management and economics at Chalmers University of Technology, with co-supervision of Swedish PhD students by Professor Madden. According to Curtin Business School in Western Australia, there’s indications of a direct link between the timely adoption of 3G mobile technologies and economic growth, and the school’s Professor Gary Madden says that Thailand has lagged in the adoption of 3G technology, Sweden has adopted some 3G, while Japan’s take up of 3G has been comprehensive.Professor Madden, director of Curtin’s communication economics and electronic markets (CEEM) research centre, says that, while investment in 3G technologies can have a positive impact on economic growth, “government policies that delay the investment process can cause substantial economic loss.”Professor Madden today announced that Curtin was involved in a five-year multi-million dollar research project to study the benefits of third-generation (3G) mobile technology adoption.
The research, to be conducted in conjunction with prominent universities in Thailand, Sweden and Japan, with funding from various telecommunications organisations in those countries - and led by Professor Madden - will analyse current 3G mobile usage and subscription intentions using consumer data from Thailand, Sweden and Japan.Professor Madden said the research results would produce a unique insight into the potential for economic development from adopting 3G technology in a country like Thailand, and the project would be discussed at the International Telecommunications Society’s fourth Africa-Asia-Australasia regional conference to be held at Curtin’s Bentley campus from the 16th to 18th of August this year.The Swedish survey will be implemented in September and will be overseen by the department of technology management and economics at Chalmers University of Technology, with co-supervision of Swedish PhD students by Professor Madden. Professor Madden says the final survey component will be led by the Graduate School of Information and Telecommunications Studies at Waseda University, Japan and funded by Japanese mobile telephone provider NTT DoCoMo.Professor Madden also said that at the August telecommunications conference in Perth, links would be established through the signing of Memorandums of Understanding between Curtin’s Communication Economics and Electronic Markets research centre, International Cooperation Study Centre (Thammasat University, Thailand), the National Institute for Development Administration,
RAVI SWAMINATHAN argue that India's greatest problem is population growth. So runs the argument in most text books on the Indian economy. If you have a map of the findings of the 2001 Census in front of you, you will notice the following. Let's leave out places like Delhi, where population growth is significantly affected by migratin. (Perhaps this is true of Haryana and Chandigarh as well.) Let's also leave out States like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim, as they belong to special categories and the bases are low. Among major States it then transpires that there isn't a major problem in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal or Himachal Pradesh. (The deteriorating sex ratio, especially in the 0-6 age group, is a separate issue.) The population growth there is slowing down. Chhattisgarh, Uttaranchal, Punjab and Assam also don't provide much cause for worry. But population rates of growth are high in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, higher in Madhya pradesh and Rajasthan and Bihar, apart from Jammu & Kashmir. That indeed is the point. There is not all-India based population problems any more and there is almost a North-South divide. There are significant inter-State and inter-regional differences, with differences not only amog States, but also among districts within the same State. We do not yet have district wise figures from the provisional population totals, but they will eventually be available. To the extent that population policy is important, it thus needs to concentrate on specific States and within these States, on specific districts.The poor and backward States of India have conventionally been referred to as the BIMARU (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), with a pun on the word Bihar. Bihar now has Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh now has Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh now has Uttaranchal. As the earlier identification indicates, the population growth problem is a serious one in the undivided BIMARU States and in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana
According to Curtin Business School in Western Australia, there’s indications of a direct link between the timely adoption of 3G mobile technologies and economic growth, and the school’s Professor Gary Madden says that Thailand has lagged in the adoption of 3G technology, Sweden has adopted some 3G, while Japan’s take up of 3G has been comprehensive.

Benefits
Mobile computing can improve the service you offer your customers. For example, when meeting with customers you could access your customer relationship management system - over the internet - allowing you to update customer details whilst away from the office. Alternatively, you can enable customers to pay for services or goods without having to go to the till. For example, by using a wireless payment terminal diners can pay for their meal without leaving their table.
More powerful solutions can link you directly into the office network while working off site, for instance to access your database or accounting systems. For example, you could:
• set up a new customer's account
• check prices and stock availability
• place an order online
This leads to great flexibility in working - for example, enabling home working, or working while travelling. Increasingly, networking 'hot spots' are being provided in public areas that allow connection back to the office network or the internet. The growth of cloud computing has also impacted positively on the use of mobile devices, supporting more flexible working practices by providing services over the internet. For more information see our guide on cloud counting.
Drawbacks
There are costs involved in setting up the equipment and training required to make use of mobile devices. Mobile IT devices can expose valuable data to unauthorized people if the proper precautions are not taken to ensure that the devices, and the data they can access, are kept safe. See our guide on securing wireless system..
CONCLUSION-
The perfect example is how special tariffs to a certain group of people, became the start of a big and important social initiative, which later ended up with the integration of people with disabilities into society. The company offered an unprecedented service package - an SMS with the lowest tariff for it. The need for supporting these people had its logical reasons, as the most difficult moment for hearing impaired persons is having no communication with the rest of the world: it was clear how important it is for people with hearing and speaking difficulties to integrate in society. It was obvious, that a solution had to be found and the best way for integration of these people was their employment. By this time, there are six hearing impaired persons employed at different premises of the company and this is another logical development of the project
“We Hear You”
Which, started with offering a special SMS service to this group of people to this type of unemployed person