China Claims 400M Mobile Phone Users

[onehandle]

Our financial masters and near-future overlords are setting astounding records.
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BEIJING - China's mobile phone market, already the world's biggest, has passed 400 million users, the government said Thursday.

The number of subscribers on the country's mainland rose 5.4 million in January to 398 million, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the Ministry of Information Industry.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060223/ap_on_hi_te/china_mobile_phones_1

[geomon666]

1. Well yeah.....it's China.

He who dies with the most toys wins.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Well, actually, it's not just about "toys" - it's an infrastructure issue

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China is not alone in lacking telephone lines to most of it's communities like we take for granted in the West.

So communities that have no hydro lines, phone lines can now take advantage of the cellular technology, without a pole or a line having to be installed.