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Mobile technology is radically transforming the world around us and the mobile evolution is moving at unprecedented speed. Clearly, many challenges still lie ahead and many questions remain to be answered. What business models will prove resilient to future change? How will security and privacy concerns be overcome? Which payment technologies will win out in the long-term? What are the implications of newly emerging areas such as machine to machine (M2M) communication?

To help answer these questions, KPMG's Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice is pleased to publish this bi-weekly series of articles, where industry experts and insiders will tackle some of the most pressing mobile issues facing executives today. In this series, we will examine emerging trends, explain the latest concepts, and deliver practical advice and recommendations to help business leaders turn mobile into sustainable business value.

Cars - mobile device
Auto-Mobile: Cars to be the hottest new mobile device
Ever since the late 1800s, the automotive industry has been one of the leading agents of innovation and economic growth.
Anywhere, anytime
Anywhere, anytime: what mobile means to the media sector
The proliferation of mobile devices has created a dramatic shift in the world of digital media.
Turning mobile strategy into reality
Enterprises are awakening to the benefits that mobile enablement offers, but some seem to be struggling with how to move from strategy to reality.
Future of mobile evolution
The future of mobile networks
How mobile operators are reducing costs by sharing networks.
Securing your mobile apps
Securing your mobile apps: six priority areas
The pace at which mobile apps have permeated into our everyday lives is astonishing.
Mobile MD
Mobile MD: How mobile devices will revolutionize healthcare
In fifty years' time, we may consider the rise of mobile technology to be one of the greatest medical advances the world has ever seen.
Catalyzing the mobile enterprise
Catalyzing the mobile enterprise
Mobile has most often been seen as an enterprise IT ‘add on’ rather than a catalyst to enterprise transformation.
Retailers mobilize over holiday season
Retailers mobilize over holiday season
If there is one lesson retailers can take from the holiday season, it’s that mobile devices are a core component of the retail shopping experience.
Mobile Enterprise Lessons
Mobile enterprise lessons from the holiday season
This is the time where organizations take stock of their performance over the holidays and start preparing to execute their strategy for 2013.
Growing the mobile ecosystem
Growing the mobile ecosystem
Who is dominating the mobile ecosystem? How is it changing? What does the future hold?
Driving growth through mobile
Driving growth through mobile
Organizations willing to innovate their business and operating models are achieving results in the new mobile era.
Driving mobile success
Driving mobile success through cross-industry collaboration
If the rise of mobile has taught us anything, it is that cooperation across multiple industries will be critical to success in this space.
Mobile security
Taking control of mobile security and privacy
A recent survey by KPMG found that 90 percent of consumers worry that unauthorized parties will access their personal info via their mobile device.
View from the West
Mobile payments: the view from the West
In the mature markets of Europe and North America, mobile payments have exploded onto the stage as a critical imperative for banks, mobile operators and merchants.
View from the East
Mobile payments: the view from the East
In a land where almost a billion people own mobile phones, cash is still king and large swathes of the population have no formal bank account, mobile payments are quickly becoming a critical part of India’s economy.

"There should be no doubt that mobile is finally about to take off into the 'brave new world'. The real question is whether today's businesses are prepared to survive the ride."


– Tudor Aw, Head of Technology, KPMG in the UK

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