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Smartphones Generate 65% of Total Mobile Cellular Traffic Worldwide

Smartphone users are generating 65% of total mobile cellular traffic worldwide even though only 13% of mobile subscribers use smartphones. The iPhone is the highest-traffic-generating device followed by Android devices. As these smartphone users spend more time on the Internet, their average traffic per user (ATPU) will increase by a staggering 700% over the next five years. […]

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Better Use of Mobile Phones to Fight Poverty – UN Study Urges Govts

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released a report Information Economy Report 2010: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation, which urges governments to make better use of mobile phones in fight against poverty. With government support, the better, more timely information that the devices provide can boost subsistence livelihoods. […]

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Top 10 Countries by Number of Mobile Phones in Use

According to this Wiki article, here is the top 10 countries by number of mobile phones in use. China leads the list, followed by India and United States. China and India has got more growth potential as only 61% and 56% of the population have a mobile phone, while in US 91% has mobile phone. […]

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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Smart Phone Coming Soon

At the third annual Microsoft Open House in New York, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer did a presentation of the new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. The Windows Phone 7 unveiled on February 15, 2010, at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, is a fully-fledged replacement to the older Windows Mobile platform. It is due to launch in Europe and Asia on October 21, 2010, and in the US on November 8th, 2010. […]

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Worldwide Mobile Device Sales Grew 13.8% in Q2 2010 – Gartner

According to Gartner Inc, worldwide mobile device sales to end users totaled 325.6 million units in the second quarter (Q2) of 2010, a 13.8 percent increase from the same period in 2009. Smartphone sales to end users accounted for 19 percent of worldwide mobile device sales, an increase of 50.5 percent from the second quarter of 2009. […]