3 billion cellphones in use
Cellphones are increasingly popular, and increasingly being used in ways that previously ‘belonged’ to computers. They are a device to be taken seriously. In some countries it’s common to have more than one cellphone.
Since the first Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT) networks were switched on in 1981 in Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Norway, mobile phones have become the consumer electronics sector with the largest volume of sales in the world.
…According to the International Programs Center of the US Census Bureau, the total population of the world reached 6,634,294,193 yesterday.
At the same time 2,571,563,279 people were using the most widely used mobile technology, GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), according to global trade body GSM Association.
The second largest mobile technology, CDMA, had 421.4 million users at end September.
Telecom is the only mobile provider in New Zealand currently using CDMA technology.
Cellphones are becoming increasingly popular and important in countries where power grids and landline phone wires have not penetrated. A cellphone can allow farmers to check on market prices before carrying their goods to market, allowing them to increase their earnings, for example.
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December 2, 2007 No Comments
