"The new era is called social, local, mobile, real-time".
Private groups, like the Soros Foundation, Levi Strauss and a local mobile telephone network, Pannon GSM, have also contributed.
There are a multitude of local mobile phone operators in the US, but only four national ones.
The project, which partners with local mobile carriers to offer free internet access on basic smartphones across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Everyone is talking about SoLoMo — social, local, mobile — but they should be talking about HoMo: home/mobile, cell phones used on the couch.
The local government had sought $2.2 billion in taxes related to Vodafone's acquisition of the local mobile phone operations of Hutchison Whampoa, based in Hong Kong, for roughly $11 billion.
Much of LeWeb seemed to be devoted to extolling the potential of "social local mobile" technology, also known as SoLoMo to the initiated.
Spotify offered free trials with Telia, a local mobile operator, which encouraged a lot of consumers to give it a go.
Then, when you land, visit a local mobile phone shop and buy a SIM card, which should cost you about $20.
These urban environments are the perfect places to develop "solomo" (social, local, mobile) applications: for example, finding a fast-food restaurant offering a discount within walking distance.
This time the official reason was concern about foreign involvement: a Russian firm, VimpelCom, had recently taken control of Djezzy, another local mobile operator.
