U.N. Reports: Communication Technology Rankings Showing 6 In 10 People Worldwide Have A Mobile Phone
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According to a United Nations’ reports the mobile phones subscriptions worldwide have grown to its highest of 60% from only under 15% by 2002, these means that in every 10 people 6 of them owned a mobile handset. Amazingly these trends have come from poor developing countries worldwide. In which, I believe Nokia’s low-priced cellphones have something to do with this mobile phone enormous growth, looking in how well they compete even on super low-price China phones. Knowing Nokia, they have the capacity and logistics to handle that kind of competition worldwide. Despite mobile phones have massively loved by peoples, wired home phones have increased at a slower rate, from 1 billion in 2002 to 1.27 billion in 2009, meaning cellular phones outnumber direct-wired phones in excess of 3:1.
The internet usage from 2002’s 11% have doubled to 23% by 2008, which means in poor countries there’s about 1 in 20 peoples have internet connections, while in rich countries the broadband services has increase 20% in market penetration, this internet advancement will be led by South Korea which getting nation-wide Gigabit broadband by 2012. Mobile broadband also contributes with this fast development with 3% of people worldwide having it on average, compared to 14% in rich countries. While in Myanmar there’s a cited 90% decline in internet usage due to militaristic government, shutting down internet connections and bloggers jailed for published content.
U.N. reports also ranked countries based on their information and communication technology (ICT) developments, that most advance countries are mostly from Northern Europe, with Sweden tops the new ITU(International Telecommunication Union) ICT development index, followed by the Republic of Korea, Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, and Norway.
Despites some countries are known for their ICT advancements like U.S.(which ranked 17th place), Hong Kong at 11th, China at 73rd and India at 118th place, these following countries ranks is affected by their large populations and poor rural areas.
These technological developments may lead us for another humankind “big step”, making our life easier and convenient. Still we should be cautious enough to handle the responsibility and therefore using this technology in a right way.
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18 Comments
August 28th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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August 28th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
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August 28th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
The fact that our society is over-dependent on tecnology means that in the event of a power outage we wouldn't be able to function.
August 29th, 2009 at 2:34 am
is there devices or things people can buy to block the radiation from a cell phone I heard if someone buys a wire or headset for a phone its the same effect as talking on a cell phone.
August 28th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
CDMA is only used in the United States
GSM is used World Wide.
If you dont think you will be traveling in the near future, I recommend Verizon Wireless, they have great reception but a bit pricey same a Sprint.
AT&T has the better connection for the GSM network, thought T-Mobile is cheaper but reception is not found everywhere.
Hope this helps.
August 29th, 2009 at 5:36 am
to me the most important revolution is still to come.. the low cost cell phones!
for millions of people, in Africa, Asia, the first electronic device they will own is a cell phone, and without needing cable all around these areas, they are going to be connected with the rest of the world very easily… and communication, information is everything to get started
August 29th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
this shit is scary.
August 29th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Subject: How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
August 30th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Maybe the radiation from phones kept in pockets is what causes children with disabilities…. woah this stinks, anyway you heard them- “No way to escape”… so why should you stop using electronics when “you can’t escape” it anyhow?
I do believe in this but still…
August 30th, 2009 at 4:12 am
you know EM radiation also comes from computers
August 30th, 2009 at 6:29 am
i work for t-mobile in london and i know why the us does not have it. its because they're 3G network is not fast enough to support voice and data at the same time. not even at&t's or verizon's wireless 3G network is fast enough. i have heard that the usa is working hard to get their network up to date. but i heard that by the time they finish its going to be around 2010 when they get 4G. verizon wireless i heard will be offering it when they jump to 4G because i know that there network runs on cdma but when they get LTE long term evolution aka 4G that they're going to be switching to gsm which will provide them with video calling. i don't know anything about at&t. so im guessing u guys are going to have to wait until at least 2010 or unless it happens earlier like in 2009. look at the link i put below for u could see that t-mobile uk has had video calling since 2001
August 30th, 2009 at 10:07 am
The technology allows for it, but I don't think any phones have been designed with this feature. With a bluetooth range of about 30 feet though, why not try talking loudly instead?
August 30th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
this is scary!
August 30th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
wow the bladder part was useful for me .
August 31st, 2009 at 9:04 am
its funny how people cant handle the truth about certain things now a days. is ignoring in ignorance always the better option? i think not. Its always , “its everywhere around us , there’s no running away from it..”, but of course PEOPLE can change these types of things if we collectively made an attempt to do so. But we’ve been conditioned for so long to feel as though we have no power to change what goes on around when in fact we possess all the power…people just need to realize that
August 31st, 2009 at 4:40 pm
The reason is mostly the cost. the airline signal has so many restrictions. And if you've flown lately they have been taking many of the phones out. The cost isn't worth it to the airlines. But it would be nice if they did use that type of signal.
August 31st, 2009 at 4:50 pm
September 1st, 2009 at 6:11 am
the USA is really behind when it comes to cell phones
you think those london phones are awesome, japan has had 3G since around 2000 too but theyre phones get free wireless TV signals, they have camera, mp3, phone, etc, etc, PLUS they have a special reader for barcodes to buy stuff/ get more info on it.
some of them work as a bus pass too
i wish america was more advanced….
BTW, at&t sucks