The expected steady increase in mobile traffic is partly due to continued strong growth in the number of mobile Internet connections (personal devices and machine-to-machine applications), which will exceed the world?s population (United Nations estimates 7.6 billion).
The Department of Budget and Management has announced the implementation of the Medium-Term Information and Communications Technology Harmonization Initiative (Mithi), in line with budget preparations for fiscal year 2014.
At the Mobile World Congress 2013, Facebook announced partnerships with a select group of mobile operators around the world that will offer free or discounted access to Facebook messaging for their subscribers.
