1. Mobile Virtual Societies

2. 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

3. “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 500K simultaneous users Dictates terminology, design, and features like presence - 2002 Emergence of the social network, AOL’s Friendster - Proliferation of social network trends: Chat ware with VOIP - Technologies of cooperation: Wikipedia,

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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.