Mobile and wireless technologies: emerging opportunities for digital government
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Abstract
This paper overviews the rapid rise of mobile technologies, particular wireless communications devices. It outlines four emerging application areas where wireless technologies hold great potential for digital government efforts. It concludes by highlight the lack of research on wireless technologies in the social science, and the need to rapidly expand efforts in this area.
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