2006 Cell Phone Statistics

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2006 Cell Phone Statistics Worldwide, there are more than 2.4 billion cell phone users, with more than 1,000 new customers added every minute. 59 percent of these 2.4 billion people live in developing countries, making cellphones the first telecommunications technology in history to have more users there than in the developed world. Mobile phone shipments grew 19 percent to 810 million units in 2005 and are expected to rise by 15 percent to 930 million units in 2006 Cell phone usage in Africa is growing almost twice as fast as any other region and jumped from 63 million users two years ago to 152 million today. In a survey of 2,365 adults, only 19% of the people 55 and over say they use the calendar and address book features on their phones. And 15% say they download ringtones. That compares to 56% of people between the ages of 18 and 34 who rely on the calendar and address functions. And 47% of people in that age bracket download ringtones. Also among the survey's findings: Men are more likely to use the extra features on a cell phone than women, and people with a college education are more likely to use additional features than those without a college degree.

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Take a look at these pages to see the impact of Cell Phone usage in Africa In War-Torn Congo, Going Wireless to Reach Home For Poor, Cellphones Bridge Digital Divide By Kevin Sullivan : Washington Post Foreign Service - Sunday, July 9, 2006; Page A01 KINSHASA, Congo -- Until not long ago, if Zadhe Iyombe wanted to talk to his mother, he had to make the eight-day boat trip up the Congo River to the jungle town where he was raised. In a country with almost no roads, mail or telephone system and a grisly guerrilla war raging, making that exhausting and dangerous trip was about the only way he could find out if his 59-year-old mother was still alive. Read More ... Click Here Mobile phones boom in Tanzania By Simon Hancock - BBC Click Online 22 July 2005 In the third of Click Online's reports in this month's Africa season, we visit Tanzania where mobile phones are taking the country by storm, although only one in 10 houses has electricity . Mobile signals work in the most surprising places across Tanzania. An alien landing in Tanzania could be forgiven for thinking that the only business here was the mobile phone. Over the last few years they have completely taken over the landscape. Some 97% of Tanzanians say they can access a mobile phone, and what is just as interesting, as in many African countries, is how those phones are being used. Take the island of Zanzibar for example. Here, fishing is one of the mainstays of the economy, supplying restaurants and hotels with fish for the many tourists who visit the island. Read More ... Click Here Here are some other interesting links. ( We apologize if some of these are no longer valid. ) Mobile phones boost Kenya's small businesses - July 18, 2005 Hi-tech cell phones help Africans trade crops - July 05, 2005 Mobile rings changes for world's poor - April 21, 2005 Kenyan text messaging their way to jobs - April 17, 2005 Cell Phone Makers Hope To Connect In Poor Nations - April 02, 2005 How mobile phones are transforming Africa - March 13, 2005 The real digital divide - March 13, 2005 Mobile growth 'fastest in Africa' - March 09, 2005 Rural Africa joins mobile revolution - December 06, 2004 African farmers discover technology's benefits (Kace) - November 24, 2004 Africa is the world's fastest-growing market for mobile communications - July 09, 2004 ITU Official Praises African Countries for Innovation - May 06, 2004 Mobile phone use grows in Africa - December 23, 2003 Cell phones are changing Africans' relationships with one another - December 13, 2003