Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Mobile Far Bigger than Any Other

"...[I]n Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and the Developing parts of Asia, mobile is alone, far far bigger than any other. There are
  • nine times more mobile phone accounts than cars,
  • seven times more mobile phones than personal computers,
  • nine times more mobile phone accounts than home or office PCs that are connected to the internet,
  • seven times more mobile phone accounts than fixed landline telephone connections, and
  • five times more mobile phone users than total number of TV sets in use.
Even radio, there are 2.5 times more mobile phone subscribers than all FM radios in use in the Developing World."
-- Quote from "The Digital Divide in Numbers".