http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/09/13/whose-technology-is-it Comments for "Whose Technology Is it?" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/09/13/whose-technology-is-it <p class="MsoNormal"><p style="padding: 5px; float: left;"><img src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/Recellular.img_assist_custom.gif" alt="" title="" class="image img_assist_custom" width="80" height="150" /></p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica">The global cell phone market <a href="http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2006/09/09/_reaching_25bn.html">recently passed 2.5 billion</a> connections, having grown by 500 million in 12 months.<span> </span>A quarter of this growth is attributable to India and China.<span> </span>In the latter country 5 million new connections are added every month.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica">As a result of this staggering growth rate, of the 2.5 billion users worldwide, the majority (59%) now lives in developing countries.<span> </span>This is the first time in history that a telecommunications technology has more users in developing countries than in the developed <a href="http://web.mit.edu/eprom/whyafrica.html">world</a>.</span></p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/09/13/whose-technology-is-it">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/09/13/whose-technology-is-it#comment Telecommunications and IT Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:14:12 -0400 Courtland Walker 3336 at http://www.nextbillion.net