Telecommunications, mobile phones.

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httpwww.globalchange.com Mobile phone use, wireless networking, gps, camera phones, smartphones, video phone use by consumers. Retail sales of mobile phones. E-mail and web surfing, m-commerce, mcommerce, micropayments, apps downloads, browsers using mobile phones. SMS marketing and SMS use for business. Largest mobile phone companies in emerging markets. Telecommunications future trends in India, China, Brazil, Russia South Africa, BRICS nations. Watch for spectacular growth in emerging markets of mobile phone sames. Mobile phones work in remotest parts of world, bringing prosperity and opportunity to millions - take DR Congo for example. Part of conference keynote speech by Dr Patrick Dixon for MTN. Bottom of pyramid and how most mobile phone sales in future will be to people on low incomes. Impact of SMS on personal and business life. Changes in consumer behaviour. Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans. Economic impact of remittances from foreign workers using SMS credit to avoid foreign exchange transaction costs. How biometrics fingerprint technology will allow large mobile phone payments. Commissions and interest charges on loans. Impact of revenues from American Express, Visa, Delta, Access, Mastercard moving to mobile phone transactions.