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From the Guest Editors

From the Guest Editors From the Guest Editors 1 T a meeting on “Millennium Development Goals” in New York in September 2008, Hamadoun Toure, the Secretary-General of the International Telecommuni- cations Union, the United Nations agency for information and com- munications technologies, announced that the number of cellular mobile subscribers worldwide would reach four billion before the end of the year. The percentage of mobiles to the world’s population stood at 12 percent in 2000, and it will surpass 61 percent by the time this issue has gone to press. There is a significant connection between the astoundingly rapid diffusion of mobile technology and the contemporary nature of cities. While the development of telecommunications and of cities has always been intertwined, the advent of the mobile phone has not only intensified such relations – it has significantly trans- Kopamaa formed them. Accordingly, a journal devoted to urban technol- ogies and their effects is an apposite place to explore the implications of recent developments in mobile telecommunica- tions. There has been some interest already in mobiles and the Sheller and Urry city, not least from those interested in mobilities research. However, this is first collection of papers of which we are aware that focuses http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

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From the Guest Editors 1 T a meeting on “Millennium Development Goals” in New York in September 2008, Hamadoun Toure, the Secretary-General of the International Telecommuni- cations Union, the United Nations agency for information and com- munications technologies, announced that the number of cellular mobile subscribers worldwide would reach four billion before the end of the year. The percentage of mobiles to the world’s population stood at 12 percent in 2000, and it will surpass 61 percent by the time this issue has gone to press. There is a significant connection between the astoundingly rapid diffusion of mobile technology and the contemporary nature of cities. While the development of telecommunications and of cities has always been intertwined, the advent of the mobile phone has not only intensified such relations – it has significantly trans- Kopamaa formed them. Accordingly, a journal devoted to urban technol- ogies and their effects is an apposite place to explore the implications of recent developments in mobile telecommunica- tions. There has been some interest already in mobiles and the Sheller and Urry city, not least from those interested in mobilities research. However, this is first collection of papers of which we are aware that focuses

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Journal of Urban Technology – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 2008

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