UN: worldwide internet users hit two billion, cellphone subscriptions top five billion
UN: worldwide internet users hit two billion, cellphone subscriptions top five billion
The UN’s International Telecommunication Union predicted last fall that the number of internet users worldwide would hit two billion by the end of 2010, and it’s now issued its full report that confirms just that — 2.08 billion, to be specific. As the ITU′s Hamadoun Toure notes, that number represents a huge leap from the mere 250 million internet users that existed a decade ago, and it means …
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Egypt shut down its connection to the internet Thursday to thwart protesters, but it took a bit more than just pulling the right plug out of the wall.
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Egypt Flips Internet Kill Switch. Will the U.S.?
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Research and Markets: Bhutan – Telecoms, Mobile and Internet – The Kingdom of Gross National Happiness Sees Strong …
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/54d194/bhutan_telecoms) has announced the addition of the “Bhutan – Telecoms, Mobile and Internet″ report to their offering. Bhutan – Telecoms, Mobile and Internet – The Kingdom of Gross National Happiness Sees Strong Growth in Mobile Phones In less than 6 years Bhutan has moved …
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