Mike Temporale
11-23-2004, 08:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/041123/b112334.html' target='_blank'>http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/041123/b112334.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"An Ericsson Canada survey suggests 63 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 15 and 69 own a mobile phone - up seven percentage points from 2003. The survey also suggests mobile phone subscribers spend an average of 49 minutes a day talking on the phone, compared with the global average of 27 minutes. ..Vishnu Singh, senior marketing manager at Ericsson Canada, said Canadians tend to talk a lot more than people from other countries on their mobile phones, and the key driving force behind the acceptance of new wireless services is a group identified as the "explorative youth" market - tech-savvy, entertainment-driven people between the ages of 15 and 24." The study also suggests 49 per cent of Canadian youth use text messaging on a weekly basis."</i><br /><br />The 15-24 age group is also the the group with the most disposable income, if I recall correctly. Did we really need a survey to tell us that this age range would be the <i>key driving force behind the acceptance of new wireless services.</i>? :roll: