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Presentation given by Mr. Janny Paul, Chairman of Mobile Monday Malaysia and international speaker on the importance of failure in the path to success. Thon the crucial role of mobile in our new digital landscape. The presentation was given at The Intermark & VNET's January seminar series, A Step In The Right Direction on 10th of January 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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The Crucial Role Of Mobile In Our New Digital Landscape
Janny PaulChairman
Mobile Monday Malaysia
What is Mobile Monday?
• Mobile Monday is a Global Community.• To encourage innovation within the mobile sector.• To facilitate networking between small and large
companies.• To help local companies effectively participate in
international initiatives.• To present innovative visions, trends, studies and
forecasts from the mobile marketplace.• To facilitate and create partnerships.
Mobile Users World Wide
6.5Billion1.5 Billion Credit Cards
1.5 Billion TVs1.3 Billion Internet Users
1.2 Billion Land Lines1 Billion mobile broadband users
0.95 Billion PCs0.85 Billion Cars Source: GSMA
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Five ways mobile phones have changed lives in Africa
Banking
M-PESA provides services to 15 million Kenyans (more than a third of the population) and serves as conduit for a fifth of the country's GDP.
Activism
One lesson from the 2011 uprisings across North Africa was that mobile phones, with the infinite opportunities they offer for connection and communication, are able to transform ordinary citizens disenchanted by their governments, into resistance fighters
Education
Nokia capitalized on the growing popularity of social networking in South Africa to launch MoMath, a mathematics teaching tool that targets users of the instant messaging platform Mxit. Mxit is South Africa's most popular social media platform, with more than 10 million active users in the country
Health
A simple text-messaging solution was all 28-year-old Ghanaian doctoral student, Bright Simons needed for his innovative plan to tackle counterfeit medicine in African countries. The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 30% of drugs supplied in developing countries are fake. In 2009, nearly 100 Nigerian babies died after they were given teething medicine that contained a solvent usually found in antifreeze
Mobile In Today’s Digital World
• Connected TVs• Cars• DVD Players• Photo Frames• Cameras• Tablets• Billboards
Band + App
www.jawbone.com
Wifi Weighting Scale
www.readimate.com
WiFi Light Bulb
www.lifx.co
Vitality GlowCaps
www.vitality.net
Online Pet Feeder
www.feedngo.com
Door Lock
www.lockitron.com
McDonald’s Pick n’ Play
How To Capitalize ?
• Think Global Not Local• Think Hardware & Not Only Software• App Stores In Over 155 Countries World Wide• 65 Billion Apps Downloaded by 2012 • Revenue Opportunity of $ 1.2 Trillion by 2020
