Title: mobile-society digest: September 19, 2005
See also www.gsmworld.com for the numbers of subscribers using GSM technology  (Wireless Intelligence as source).
Check out the GSM Association document downloads on their site for some interesting/useful research about the growth of GSM mobile comms.
Also www.mda-mobiledata.org.uk for facts on text
 
 
Jane Vincent
Research Fellow
DWRC
University of Surrey
 
 


From: Discussions on mobile communicaitons and social change digest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: mobile-society digest: September 19, 2005

MOBILE-SOCIETY Digest for Monday, September 19, 2005.

1. SV: 2 billion mobile users

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Subject: SV: 2 billion mobile users
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:13:21 +0200
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The middle of September 05 saw a significant milestone reached in the =
cellular world as the total number of connections worldwide passed =
through 2 billion. According to our calculations this happened on Sunday =
18th September. The growth rate is impressive - after clocking up 1 =
billion in 2002, 20 years after cellular was first launched, the 2nd =
billion came up in just 3 years.
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