Mobile Virtual Societies Presentation Overview Overview of Virtual

Mobile Virtual Societies

Presentation Overview: § § § Overview of Virtual communities Overview of Mobile communication Discussion of Technology progression Intersection of 2 Communication mediums VCEL: Virtual Communication Expression and Lifestyle

“Virtual Communities”- Dr. Rheinhold: -1977 Web based social interaction, Dennis Hayes’s Modem Led to BBS Bulletin Board Systems -1988 Jarkko Oikarinen’s IRC launches in Finland -1990 Implementation of CERN’s Enquire project or WWW, birth of website -1996 ICQ storms the internet. Mirabilis breaks the 500 K simultaneous users Dictates terminology, design, and features like presen - 2002 Emergence of the social network, AOL’s Friendster - Proliferation of social network trends: Chat ware with VOIP - Technologies of cooperation: Wikipedia,

Mobile Communication § § Pagers (Pager Code) 43776 Cell Phone proliferation (2 Billion) Killer App is SMS, fashion, custom ringtones Mobile culture development, East vs. West (USA) § Powerful sociological force, Orange rebellion. § Personal Syndication: Now Public & Flickr

Technology Discussion: § Dial Up/DSL, Wi. Fi, Wi. Max, VOIP – Dial-up modems: maximum speed of 56 kbit/s – Digital Subscriber Line: 1988, 8 mb/s, 20 mb/s § Pagers: Motorollas Flex and Re. Flex networks (radio frequency) § Cell Phones: GSM, CDMA, Packet Switch, Multiple Bands 1 G=All Analog 2 G=GSM, CDMA, TDMA 3 G= 2 Mbit/s max. rate indoors, 384 kbit/s outdoors 4 G= 1 GBPS

Intersection of 2 Comm mediums: - PC and Communication merge in Cell phones - Nokia and Symbian Dual Processor Smart Phones - Drop of Voice ARPU/ Rise of data services - Presence Telephony

VCEL: § Bridge Virtual Communities to Cell Phones, “Browse Communication” § Create real time mobile Presence Enabled networks § Allow social network/ contact list efficiency searches § Interconnect Individuals to Individuals, as well as Businesses to Consumers.