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Mobile technology keeps lions and intruders off African farms

08/06/201408/04/2014 Jennifer Goula

What once required a system of kerosene lamps and a large refueling effort now requires only a SIM card. Farmers in the rural area of Kisamis in the Rift Valley of Kenya are too far away from urban centers to be on the national power grid, but are now able to use mobile technology to be able to protect their farms against intruders and lions. The only solution that had previously been available was kerosene lamps to light the path to livestock. These lights were necessary because the livestock –…

To unlock or not to unlock, that is the question!

03/13/201404/14/2014 Stephen Vagus

R codes unlock cell phone wearable technology

Unlocking a cell phone The once taboo subject of “how to unlock a phone” is now gaining favor in the public eye and has become a popular process. The process simply entails allowing a mobile device to use a different SIM card than what it had been given by a mobile network operator. Telecommunications often sell devices that are “locked” to their networks in order to better control the way these devices are used. There are services, such as UnlockPhone.com, that offer ways to unlock devices in a quick and easy way. There…

Mobile wallet on handsets will not be replaced by NFC on SIM

10/10/201110/10/2011 L. Green

According to SK Telecom in South Korea, subscriber identity module (SIM) card-enabled near field communication (NFC) will provide a complement technology, but not a substitute for handsets that have been NFC-enabled. NFC implemented within a SIM card makes it much simpler and faster for consumers to obtain the technology, as they do not have to replace their handsets in favor of ones that have been NFC-enabled. Equally, though, SK Telecom says that they will work together with the purchase of NFC-enabled handset to build on the adoption of mobile wallets.…

SK Telecom develops new way to make every mobile device NFC capable

09/16/2011 Stephen Vagus

Mobile commerce is beginning to gain a fair deal of momentum in the world. The concept is proving to be appealing to consumers that have become conjoined with their smart phones. The problem, however, is that those with NFC-enabled smart phones do not account for the majority of the market, putting mobile commerce in a precarious position. A Korean telecommunications company has designed a solution that could save the future of the industry. SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest mobile telecommunications company, has developed a new SIM card that can imbue…