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1、MOBILE-2011/12/081THEBROOKINGSINSTITUTIONHOWMOBILETECHNOLOGYISRESHAPINGTHEGLOBALLANDSCAPEWashington,D.C.Thursday,December8,2011PARTICIPANTS:IntroductionandModerator:DARRELLM.WESTVicePresidentandDirector,GovernanceStudiesTheBrookingsInstitutionOpeningRemarks:PEG
2、GYJOHNSONExecutiveVicePresidentandPresident,GlobalMarketDevelopmentQualcommPanelists:CHRISDEDETimothyE.WirthProfessorinLearningTechnologies,GraduateSchoolofEducationHarvardUniversityALLANA.FRIEDMANFellow,GovernanceStudiesTheBrookingsInstitution*****ANDERSONCOUR
3、TREPORTING706DukeStreet,Suite100Alexandria,VA22314Phone(703)519-7180Fax(703)519-7190MOBILE-2011/12/082PROCEEDINGSMR.WEST:Goodafternoon.I'mDarrellWest,vicepresidentofgovernancestudiesanddirectoroftheCenterforTechnologyInnovationattheBrookingsInstitution,andIwoul
4、dliketowelcomeyoutothisforumon“HowMobileTechnologyisReshapingtheGlobalLandscape.”Wearewebcastingthisevent,sowe'repleasedtowelcomeviewersfromaroundtheworld,andwehavesetupaTwitterhashtagatCTIMobileforthosewhowanttooffercommentsorposequestions.Whenwecometotheaudie
5、nceQ&Aalittlelaterinthissession,wewilltakequestionsbothfromourliveaudienceheretodayaswellasthevirtualone.Today,wearelaunchinganewprojectonthemobileeconomy.Itisathree-yeareffortdesignedtoexaminetheimpactofmobiletechnologyonsociety,theeconomy,andgovernance.We'reg
6、oingtolookathowsmartphonesandmobiledevicesaffecteducation,healthcare,entrepreneurship,andeconomicdevelopment,amongothertopics,bothintheUnitedStatesaswellasaroundtheworld.Weputoutapapertodayentitled,TenFactsAboutMobileBroadband,anditreviewsthegrowthofinstalledsm
7、artphonesandhowtheywillsurpasspersonalcomputersin2012.Thirty-fivepercentofAmericanscurrentlyownsmartphonesand83percentownacellphone.Weareseeingrapidgrowthinmobiletechnologyallaroundtheworld.Forexample,inSub-SaharanAfricamorethan60percentofthatpopulationhasmobil
8、ephonecoverage.Andtheresearchshowsthatthatishavingapositiveimpactonagricultureinthatpartoftheworld,aswellaslabormarketefficiency.Mobileappsarereshapingeducationandhealthcare