Players with Handsets, Handsets that Play

Currently the most popular items in mobile app stores are mobile games. Games of skill and logic are the most popular among users, especially if they also have multiuser capabilities. At the end of August 2011 there were 2.4 million smartphones in use in Hungary, which is 25% of the 9.6 million total inventory, reveals [...]

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Mobile Phone as a Second Wallet

In Hungary 23% of the population over the age of 18 years use their payment cards to make payments on a regular basis, while 81-82% have mobile phones with an electronic payment function. 60% of the Hungarian population aged 18 and over have heard about the Mobile Shopping service, while in the global arena, Japan is the leader in mobile payment applications –a study published by GKIeNET – T-Home – T-Mobile reveals in October 2009. At the same time, the European Commission promotes the emergence of financial service providers in the market, which provides a boost to the expansion of mobile payment solutions.

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Mobile Internet Has Been a Success in the Competition among Internet Access Technologies

The number of internet subscriptions in Hungary exceeded 2.4 million at the end of the first half of 2004, propelled largely by the growth in mobile internet services over the past year. At year-end 2008 a higher percentage of the population used mobile internet services in Hungary than in Norway or China, the September 2009 Report on the Internet Economy by GKIeNET – T-Home – T-Mobile reveals.

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