Rocco Augusto
07-29-2006, 02:16 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://shop.telecoms.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=marlin/home&MarlinViewType=MARKT_EFFORT&siteid=30000000861&marketingid=20001131760&proceed=true&MarEntityId=1150478656297&entHash=1002311d964&' target='_blank'>http://shop.telecoms.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=marlin/home&MarlinViewType=MARKT_EFFORT&siteid=30000000861&marketingid=20001131760&proceed=true&MarEntityId=1150478656297&entHash=1002311d964&</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>Global revenues from mobile data services surpassed US$ 100 billion for the first time last year according to data sourced from the latest edition of Informa Telecoms & Media's World Cellular Data Metrics. The figure of US$ 102.1 billion is equal to US$ 52.9 per every mobile subscription throughout the year or US$ 4.4 per month. Putting the 2005 figure into perspective, it is on a par with the combined fees paid so far by European operators for 3G licenses (US$ 102.3 billion according to Informa Telecom & Media's World Cellular Information Service). Or put another way, it is greater than the entire GDP for New Zealand in 2005 (US$ 94.6 billion according to the CIA World Factbook).</i>"<br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/augusto-2006.07.28-100billion.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />US$ 100 billion! That figure is <i>insane</i>! That is a one with eleven zeros after it! I'm flabbergasted! 8O