Chris Tryhorn. A UN report reveals that half the globe now pays to use one, with the fastest growth taking place in Africa. The Guardian (3.3.09).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/03/mobile-phones1
The speed and scale of the world’s love affair with mobile phones was revealed yesterday in a UN report that showed more than half the global population now pay to use one.
The survey, by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an agency of the UN, also found that nearly a quarter of the world’s 6.7 billion people use the internet.
But it is the breathtaking growth of cellular technology that is doing more to change society, particularly in developing countries where a lack of effective communications infrastructure has traditionally been one of the biggest obstacles to economic growth.
