Interestingly, whereas research in other developing countries has suggested that medical professionals, including doctors, find mobiles valuable for their own education [ 24], our study confirmed this phenomenon with rural workers but not urban doctors.
These include investments in article enhancement, visualisation, social networking, and mobile technology; valuable tools such as searchable image databases, navigation, alerts and citation notifications, and reference analysis.
While mobile is valuable for triage, most of the important work still gets done at the desktop, says Carolan.
The deal would make Leap the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the nation, but it would allow AT&T to retain enough of T-Mobile's valuable wireless spectrum, which it says it badly needs to provide the kind of next-generation service that its customers expect, these people said.
Locately Co-founder Drew Volpe told us he felt the acquisition is "good further evidence of how valuable mobile big data is and the continuing trend of using mobile phones as sensors to get feedback from consumers and measure the world".
Bijan Sabet, general partner at Spark Capital, said that "Foursquare could be one of the most valuable mobile companies," as it is one of the early players in the mobile, local, social space.
He is accused of using his post to sell off valuable mobile telephone spectrum licenses in 2008 at rock-bottom prices.
Andimuthu Raja, the former telecommunications minister, was jailed on charges of misusing his post to sell off valuable mobile telephone spectrum licenses in 2008 at rock-bottom prices.
Is there a war raging within the government about who failed to properly monitor the sale of valuable mobile phone spectrum?
"Ofcom exists to promote competition and protect consumers but it has once again shown it is not willing to make the big decisions needed to deliver the best outcome for the UK," said Dave Dyson, chief executive of Three UK. "It has allowed BT and Vodafone to stockpile valuable mobile airwaves and put genuine choice for consumers at risk.
