Jason Dunn
12-15-2004, 05:56 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/12/09/telecoms.phones.reut/index.html' target='_blank'>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/12/09/telecoms.phones.reut/index.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Mobile phone subscribers around the globe totalled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year, about one quarter of the world's population, the International Telecommunication Union said on Thursday. The figure reflected a sharp surge in the mobile telephony business, especially in developing countries, over the first half of the decade, with subscribers doubling since 2000, according to the United Nations agency's annual report."</i>