40 Essential Facts About Mobile Every Business Person Should Know | Mobile X Festival | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Is mobile a big deal? You bet it is. And to prove our point, we’ve collected 40 of the most important facts about mobile that every business person should know.Ready to check ’em out? Here goes:


Today’s mobile phone is more powerful than the PCs that sent two astronauts to the moon in 1969. Source:  http://quarterly.insigniam.com/innovation/by-the-numbers


The first commercial cellular network was launched by NTT in Japan in 1979. Source: http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2009/11/celebrating-30-years-of-mobile-phones-thank-you-ntt-of-japan.html


The first multi national cellular network was the Nordic Mobile Telephony in 1981. It even supported roaming. Source:  http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/publications/review/2006_03/files/3_fifty_years.pdf ...