Mobile Phones and Mobile Communication

by Rich Ling and Jonathan Donner

Book Overview

With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost every society on earth. In 2007, the world had over 3 billion mobile subscriptions. Prosperous nations boast of having more subscriptions than people. In the developing world, hundreds of millions of people who could never afford a landline telephone now have a mobile number of their own. With a mobile in our hand many of us feel safer, more productive, and more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745644139
• ISBN13: 9780745644134
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.3"