Posted Oct. 12, 2012 at 7:25 a.m.
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The world now has nearly as many cell phone subscriptions as inhabitants. And mobile broadband is one of the biggest drivers in growing wireless usage. The U.N. telecom agency says there were about 6 billion subscriptions by the end of 2011
6 billion! Mobile broadband helps drive global wireless use
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Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The world now has nearly as many cell phone subscriptions as inhabitants. And mobile broadband is one of the biggest drivers in growing wireless usage. The U.N. telecom agency says there were about 6 billion subscriptions by the end of 2011
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