International Business Times - Mar 10, 2010International Business Machines Corp (IBM)
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CCS InsightAs growth in developed markets such as Europe, Japan and United States has stalled, the wireless industry is looking especially toward the elderly who have so far thought they could do without a cellphone, or who can't use the one they have.
IBM said on Wednesday software developed in the program, which also involves the National Institute of Design of India and Tokyo University, will be made available on an open source basis, and other materials developed will also be made publicly available for governments and businesses. Telecom industry watchers said the
IBM program addressed a genuine need.
"As the population in Europe and North America ages, the need for specialized mobile devices will become acute," said Ben Wood, research director at British consultancy CCS Insight. "Phone makers will have to adapt if they want to appeal to a generation that has grown up with mobile devices, but can't use them in the ways they used to," he said
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As growth in developed markets such as Europe, Japan and United States has stalled, the wireless industry is looking especially toward the elderly who have so far thought they could do without a cellphone, or who can't use the one they have. <span class="company">IBM</span> said on Wednesday software developed in the program, which also involves the National Institute of Design of India and Tokyo University, will be made available on an open source basis, and other materials developed will also be made publicly available for governments and businesses. Telecom industry watchers said the <span class="company">IBM</span> program addressed a genuine need.<span class="sent"> "As the population in Europe and North America ages, the need for specialized mobile devices will become acute," said <span class="analyst">Ben Wood</span>, research director at British consultancy CCS Insight.</span> "Phone makers will have to adapt if they want to appeal to a generation that has grown up with mobile devices, but can't use them in the ways they used to," he said....As growth in developed markets such as Europe, Japan and United States has stalled, the wireless industry is looking especially toward the elderly who have so far thought they could do without a cellphone, or who can't use the one they have. <span class="company">IBM</span> said on Wednesday software developed in the program, which also involves the National Institute of Design of India and Tokyo University, will be made available o
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