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Mobile internet to take over in UK within two years

Two leading broadband experts have predicted that mobile internet usage will overtake fixed landline usage within the next two years.
The growth in laptops and mobile friendly phones together with the lowering of prices of accessing wireless internet has made it much easier to use , than having to rely on a landline connection.
With that trend continuing , and the expected growth in mobile internet devices over the next couple of years, a fixed line internet connection may soon be a thing of the past !

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Web 2 goes mobile

The first of four web 2 expos's finished in San Francisco last month , the other three being in New york , Berlin and Tokyo , later this year.

Whilst the term web 2 can mean pretty much anything you want it to , one of the chief areas of focus here was the mobile web , and how it is likely to explode in the not to distant future.

There was a real sense of both urgency and opportunity , especially for developers to shape the future of the mobile internet , by what they can come up with that will drive the devices about to come out.

There's a full report on the expo here , with links to the other three later in the year

Space Data goes truly mobile

An american company is using weather balloons to provide cell phone coverage to rural areas of the United States in a move that could mean internet access will eventually become accessible to pretty much everyone, irrespective of how remote the area in which they live.

Major Japanese company shows mobile growth

Tokyo based eAccess , one of Japan's leading IT companies , has seen its revenues slow dramatically from its adsl broadband business and is looking to substantially pick up growth from its customers who use smartphones.

Ukraine shows mobile future

Ukraine may not be the first country you'd think of in relation to the mobile internet , and the mobile internet may not be the first thing you would think about in relation to the Ukraine , especially given the fact that its currently being threatened with having nuclear weapons pointed at it by Russia ! however...