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Friday, July 27

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Our Wireless World

By Brad

Just how mobile is our world becoming? Amanda Willis from Mashable finds an answer in a new report:

There are more than 6 billion mobile subscriptions today. But that number “will soon exceed that of the human population,” according to a new World Bank report.

It was only 12 years ago that there were less than 1 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide. Today, three-quarters of the entire population has access to a mobile phone.

The World Bank report, “Maximizing Mobile,” is available here.

Tags: mobile broadband, reports, mobile phones

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