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World has 3.3 billion cell phones

According to Informa Research Services, there are now 3.3 billion cell phone subscriptions worldwide. This assessment of 3.3 billion subscriptions equals roughly half the world’s population.

The first networks were established in Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and Norway in 1981 using the Nordic Telephony System.

Mark Newman, head of research at Informa, stated, “For children growing up today the issue is not whether they will get a mobile phone, it’s a question of when.”

The study does not support the claim that one in every two people has a cell phone; rather, many people around the world have more than one cell phone.

Source: Reuters

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