From any internet access point in the world, thousands of students this year will be able to download their results from one exam board at least.

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Wireless access point and Internet service sold separately.

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There is also great opportunity in emerging markets, where mobile phones are often the primary access point to the Internet.

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The other big miss here is that although the Bobby obviously has internet access via your local WiFi access point (that is required), it doesn't leverage it for programming.

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The high price point for both PCs and wired Internet access makes access to the web via mobile phone a much more attainable reality.

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By this summer, "e-government" should mean internet access to all local and central government services, operating via a single point of entry, or portal.

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One in three global purchases on eBay involve a mobile touch point, and the growing popularity of mobile devices as Internet access points could see the ratio go up in the coming years.

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BT's strategy seems to be to wait until all of its would-be competitors have given up, at which point it will have the market for sexy services such as broadband Internet access to itself.

ECONOMIST: BT