Methodology Problem Description. Rating of readiness of
states for the information society is conducted annu-
ally by various international organizations. Here are
the statistical indicators for the Republic of Kazakh-
stan of one of such ratings. On October 9, 2019, the
World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness In-
dex Report (GIC WEF) for 2019, which presents data
on the development of information and communica-
tion technologies (ICT) in 141 countries of the world,
was released. Kazakhstan is in 55th place in the new
GEC 4.0 ranking, improving its position by 4 points
compared to 2018, when our country was in 59th
place. Kazakhstan’s competitiveness in the “ICT”
indicator has been in 44th place for two consecutive
years without change. This factor consists of 5 indica-
tors, which are based on statistical data. Improvement
is observed in the indicator “Subscription fee for
mobile cellular communication”: Kazakhstan ranks
18th, plus 3 positions compared to 2018. According
to experts, according to surveys of company execu-
tives, there are a number of problematic factors that
prevent the country from holding higher positions
in the ranking (Detailed Report on the Competitive-
ness Ranking (GIK WEF), 2019) [5]. Today, more
than 5.19 billion people use cell phones, 124 million
(2.4%) more than last year 2020. Mobile devices are
improving following the development of technologi-
cal progress. The technical capabilities, reliability and
speed of wireless data transmission are growing. The
percentage of users coming into the mobile space in-
creases every year. Owners of mobile devices spend
more than 80% of their time in apps. The majority
of mobile app users are in the under-30 age group.
Studies show that children often use mobile devices
mainly for entertainment and gaming applications. It
is worth noting that the educational tasks of working
with mobile apps rank no higher than tenth. Accord-
ing to data for 2020, mobile devices show the best
growth rate, with more than 4 billion mobile sub-
scribers worldwide (Global Digital Report 2020) [6].
As a result of the analysis of the above statis-
tics, we can conclude that cell phones, smartphones,
tablets play a huge role in all areas of life of modern
man, including education. Mobile learning technol-
ogy was formed relatively recently. In education this
new educational trajectory implies learning using
mobile devices and applications. The main purpose
of this study is to analyze and review the situation of
the current situation of mobile learning technology
in education in different countries.