http://lirneasia.net/2007/09/world-now-has-4b-phone-lines-says-un/ LIRNEasia Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://lirneasia.net/2007/09/world-now-has-4b-phone-lines-says-un/#comment-10139 zzainudeen Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:59:32 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/09/world-now-has-4b-phone-lines-says-un/#comment-10139 The article rightly notes that the 'real' number of people that the numbers represent are unclear due to the possibility that some people have both fixed and mobile phones; similarly, with respect to the number of mobile phones quoted (2.68b) may not take into account people who own more than one SIM card at a given point in time. Even at the BOP, it has been seen that significant numbers of mbile owners have more than one SIM card in their posession, so when you consider all layers of the economic pyramid, the impact on the number of 'connected people' may also be significant. The article rightly notes that the ‘real’ number of people that the numbers represent are unclear due to the possibility that some people have both fixed and mobile phones; similarly, with respect to the number of mobile phones quoted (2.68b) may not take into account people who own more than one SIM card at a given point in time. Even at the BOP, it has been seen that significant numbers of mbile owners have more than one SIM card in their posession, so when you consider all layers of the economic pyramid, the impact on the number of ‘connected people’ may also be significant.

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