Abstract

As mobile phone technology has advanced and penetration has increased around the ‎globe, mobile phones have become an increasingly popular way to collect qualitative data, ‎and can aid in their broad ‎dissemination. They are cheap, reduces costs, more quickly and ‎widely as well. In addition to using mobile phones as a means of data collection, they are also ‎a means of disseminating it; enabling researchers to collect data from remote locations. In ‎addition, Interviews can be conducted by phone, through voice calls or video interviews. This ‎enables researchers to gather qualitative data without needing to meet interviewees in person, ‎making it more convenient for the interviewee and allowing for a higher number of interviews ‎to be conducted.‎
This study uses descriptive analytical method, and Statistical methods to evaluate of the ‎statistical status of Egypt, based on many studies and reports issued by the Ministry of ‎Communications ‎and Information Technology in Egypt, and Some of the World Bank reports, ‎The study results showed that the Using Mobile Data Collection methods can be ready for ‎‎analysis in a short time. And since the data is entered directly into an electronic form that can ‎be exported into a ‎statistical package or information management system, and with the use of ‎Internet technology, also data can be presented automatically in visual ‎forms that track the ‎most important indicators without requiring manual analysis by a statistician.‎ ‎
The study recommends the benefits of mobile technology for data collection, as it ‎contributes to improving the quality of field surveys, as it's cheaper and quicker to access to a ‎better quality of data collection that can be effectively used for low budgets surveys. While ‎data collection via mobile phones may offer particular advantages, this is not to imply that ‎such efforts are not ‎without challenges or difficulties, Some of challenges related to ‎technological change often outpaces the ability of planners and ‎policy makers to respond to ‎these changes, and Digital collection and transmission of data may be carried with it ‎‎numerous potential risks and challenges related to data security and privacy. ‎