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sábado, agosto 27, 2005
One in 11 Africans is now a mobile subscriber.
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Used handsets are available for $50 or less in South Africa, an amount even Skhakhane's husband was able to finance with the little he saves from his factory job.
It turned out that Africans had never been big phone users because nobody had given them the chance.
One in 11 Africans is now a mobile subscriber.
Demand for air time was so strong in Nigeria that from late 2002 to early 2003 operators there were forced to suspend the sale of subscriber identity module cards, or SIM cards, which activate handsets, while they strengthened their networks.
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Cell phones catapult rural Africa to 21st century | CNET News.com
Used handsets are available for $50 or less in South Africa, an amount even Skhakhane's husband was able to finance with the little he saves from his factory job.
It turned out that Africans had never been big phone users because nobody had given them the chance.
One in 11 Africans is now a mobile subscriber.
Demand for air time was so strong in Nigeria that from late 2002 to early 2003 operators there were forced to suspend the sale of subscriber identity module cards, or SIM cards, which activate handsets, while they strengthened their networks.
...
Cell phones catapult rural Africa to 21st century | CNET News.com
posted by CMT, 7:40 da tarde
