Mobility no longer simply refers to motion, it has also come to describe the untethered use of technology on devices like smart phones, both of which seems to have come together in a perfect storm to enable the revolutions currently sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. Setting these revolutions in motion, is the youth, who organise and spread their message using social networks primarily accessed through mobile devices. These platforms are not only changing how young consumers engage with politics but also with commerce and one another.
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Sidestepping interconnect fees, South Africans show innovation
The South African cellular market reached a milestone of 50-milion connections at the end of 2008 – but only 68% of these represented individual users.