We’re talking about mHealth in this week’s edition of The Fonecast, with Sophia Salenius of RegPoint explaining more about the wide-ranging subject. Plus, as usual, the team takes its regular look at the biggest news stories affecting the UK mobile industry – from Facebook to fraud.

This week's podcast includes more big news from Facebook, the introduction of IPv6, network sharing, call recording, fraud, legal action and an unusual upgrade offer. In addition, James Rosewell talks to Sophia Salenius, CEO of mHealth provider RegPoint, to learn more about this wide-ranging subject.

94% of mobile operators believe that social networking will be the most popular form of communication by 2015. That’s the result from an independent survey of 31 leading global operators commissioned by mobile messaging company Airwide Solutions.

James Rosewell writes:

Any healthcare solution involving some component of mobile technology seems to come under the banner mHealth. A solution that captures information about diabetes sufferers' blood sugar levels via prompted text messages and relays this information to a physician would be considered mHealth. Providing feedback to the diabetes patient about a change in dosage following review by the physician makes the solution even better. Linking devices that automatically monitor blood sugar levels and dispense insulin involving a remote computer and physician to monitor the real-time situation moves the solution on a level still. All these examples show how mobile technology can be used to improve quality of life.

The 2.4GHz frequency used by cordless phones in the USA can cause heart irregularities, according to research published in the European Journal of Oncology.

The study, entitled 'Provocation Study using Heart Rate Variability Shows Radiation from 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone Affects Autonomic Nervous System', was led by Professor Magda Havas of the Environmental & Resources Studies Department at Canada's Trent University.