This Week in Global Mobile | April 29, 2011

At times it's difficult to keep pace with the latest global mobile developments. I hope this selection of news stories from the past week will help you navigate the growing global network of connectivity:

  • On Wednesday the State Department, working with the U.S. Institute for Peace, participated in a summit with global youth to determine how technology can “scale exchanges around the world.”
  • Korea’s Communications Commission launched an inquiry to Apple over privacy concerns about the company’s data collection and storage methods.
  • Uganda’s government announced that it would focus on “true ICT infrastructure development” in order to augment its process of economic development.
  • 500 million people around the world will use their mobile devices to purchase public transportation tickets by 2015, reported Juniper Research.
  • In the U.K., fraudulent wi-fi hotspots are exposing a security flaw for smart phone users seeking public access to the Web, reported The Guardian in an investigative story.
  • Indian Web users expressed dismay at new access restriction rules [PDF] announced by the government’s Department of Information Technology.
  • President Kagame of Rwanda announced plans to field questions submitted online by people around the world in a YouTube interview which will air May 7.
  • 44 billion apps will be downloaded by 2016 around the world, according to a study released this week by ABI Research.
  • India enjoyed a 600 percent surge in online video viewing in March, with 75 percent of the country’s entire online population tuning in.