At the other end of the line, a team of doctors analyses any abnormal results and, in cases of emergency, can locate the patient in order to send help quickly. The phone is equipped with a GPS satellite positioning system for this purpose. The SelfMobile company is preparing for the imminent arrival of GPRS in France by issuing an appeal for the references of audio and visual contents for mobile phones. SelfMobile has set up a portal based on a technical platform for the dynamic management and broadcasting of contents, but those contents are still rare. This is why content creators and other suppliers of audio and visual service are invited to post their references, free of charge, on the SelfMobile portal.
Many Chinese people are interested in mobile phones and also in the mobile Internet.
Prepaid mobile phone formulae are enormously successful in Africa. Already, more than half of the 8 million GSM subscribers on the continent have opted for prepaid formulae. The worldwide revenues generated by mobile commerce will then reach about 100 billion dollars. The operator already counts 70,000 regular WAP users amongst its subscribers only a few months after starting its mobile Internet service. But the most interesting fact is that these users connect 15 times a month on average for an average 3 minutes at a time.