Travelers have always been a special –
if not precious – public for mobile communications.  This group places extreme demands on networking – in terms of time, distance, and speed.  Telecommunications now are meeting the challenge set by travelers, on land, at sea, and in the air.

Humor is big business: it has its own shelf in bookstores, a network unto itself, and it’s even been billed as a health benefit in recent years.  Why not take that business to mobile phones, where a good joke can make its way around a mobile network, and the world, in just moments.

Business and mobility have always been intertwined, but the connection is now stronger than ever as technology makes what once were dream scenarios come true. Telecom Report meets three business people from different parts of the world to see how mobility has changed their businesses.

The Chinese market is huge and full of opportunity for international business. Telecom Report looks below the surface of the many-layered Chinese market; how global telecoms might soon be making changes due to Chinese influence; and a closer look at how one operator works in southeast China.

Telecom Report looks at mobile marketing: its potential in an everyday environment like the grocery store; a live experience with Bluetooth and selling cars; and finally, a broader look at some of the pros and cons of advertising on the most personal device we carry.

Traditional? Not in the young republic of Estonia. Here, e-government is advanced and available to citizens. Telecom Report visited to find out more.

Telecom Report looks at three areas where telecommunications serve a higher purpose: telemedicine, e-learning, and the Village Phone project in Bangladesh.

High speed mobile internet is a reality, and users are snapping it up. Nowhere is it more evident than in Cannes, where telecommunications industry players gathered for the 3GSM World Congress. TV on mobiles is all the rage.

We visit a remote community in Sweden that has benefited from high-speed networks. On a larger scale, we look at the MUSE project, which aims to design a broadband network that reaches every European citizen.