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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Ericsson says global mobile market is "flattish" in 2009

But losses in the North are offset by growth in the South.
Cyrus Farivar

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  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008 06:50 PM

    Too bad letter writers are so stupid

    In most of the world, erecting cell phone towers is MUCH MUCH cheaper than trying to string cables. That's why cell phone growth is exploding in poor-er countries or countries with inhospitable geography. In Chile and Brazil there probably a hundred cell phones per land line. Brazil is even experimenting with cell phone blimps to replace towers.

    So yes, the growth in the south, e.g that 10th of the earth's surface where more poor people live, is actually bolstering cell phone markets.

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