Handheld Learning will be participating in the inaugural
Mobilefest event in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 16-17th November.
MOBILEFEST CONCEPT
MOBILEFEST was idealized in Brazil from the following reasons and objectives:
Popularize the mobile technology as a way to contribute to digital inclusion of those who find difficulties understanding and interacting with these new medium.
Promote cultural interchange between national and international researchers of this media.
Incentive the promotion of creativity exercise of the 90 million Brazilians that use the mobile technology to transmit much more than voice.
Develop seminars and workshops to guide and stimulate the production of content in the mobile era in Brazil, bringing international experiences and examples.
Expand possible software and hardware functions of mobile technology, nourish and incentive scientific thought and production regarding new technologies.
Offer the first awarding specialized in recognizing works that generate mobile technology.
BRIEF SCENERY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN BRAZIL:
Country size: 8.511.996 Km2
Population: 185,1 million inhabitants
Mobile covering: 163,7 million
Number of mobile lines: 82.351.644
Pre-paid: 80,85%
Pos-paid: 19,15%
Lines activated in November of 2005: 1.111.914
Mobile density: 44,55%
Growth in 2005: 34,58%
Number of Operators: 8
Technologies: GSM (49,83) CDMA (28,22%) TDMA (21,78)
SMS 2005: 7,5 billion messages *
MMS 2005: 10 million messages *
Homes with Microcomputer: 16,3%
Computers with Internet access: 12,2%
Television Covering: 90,3%
Electric illumination: 96,8%
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