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IBM Earmarks $100m for Cell Phone Research
It’s thinking of services for the so-called 'Next Billion'
Jun. 17, 2009 04:15 PM
IBM said Wednesday that it's going to pour $100 million into cell phone research over the next five years.
It's thinking of services for the so-called "Next Billion," largely the folks who have bypassed the PC for mobile devices to connect to the Internet.
The money is earmarked for what it calls mobile enterprise enablement, emerging market mobility, and enterprise end-user mobile experiences. It's thinking security, analytics, privacy and the user interface.
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