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Over 2.5 Billion Cellular Connections Now Active

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the towers-and-towers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that humankind has managed to spread cellular technology like a virus. About 2.5 billion cellular connections exist in the world today, according to an estimate from the GSM Association. It took 20 years to reach 1 billion connections, three years to reach 2 billion connections and the market is moving to reach its third billion in a period of just over two years. Not surprisingly, the countries with fastest growth are the 'emerging nations.'"

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  1. At last, the ??? has been found! by QuantumFTL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Step 1: Steal Underpants
    Step 2: Re-sell w/ sewn-in camera cell phone
    Step 3: Profit!

  2. similar by thedogcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a similar graph.... Y axis is number of "cell conditions" and the X axis is the level "Assholeivity in Public (theater, etc). " Yes, I think is a directly proportional relationship.

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    1. Re:similar by QuantumFTL · · Score: 4, Funny

      Eh, I don't worry about the assholes w/ cell phones in theatres. I figure give it a few more years till they start with the brain cancer... *chuckles maniacally*

  3. Are there enough digits in a phone number? by c0d3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can this be if there aren't enough digits in a US phone number:

    1,23-4,56-7,890

    allows ~1.2445679 digits (some rounding error)

    What do class 5 switches allow globally and whats the denomination?

    1. Re:Are there enough digits in a phone number? by Don_dumb · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ladies and gentlemen, the stereotypical American.
      Pity him he doesn't know there is a whole world out there.

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    2. Re:Are there enough digits in a phone number? by aadvancedGIR · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought there were only 10000 american phone number, isn't 555 US prefix?

  4. In related developments, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the NSA has increased their data storage capacity to 2.5 billion data-storing nodes.

  5. So that's where my phone went... by Sting_TVT · · Score: 3, Funny

    Leave a phone on a cafe table..... See it on CNN three days later in Mogadishu

  6. Re:yeah right by Zenaku · · Score: 3, Funny
    I've always kinda wondered why nobody has marketed a phone (or maybe they have and I've never seen it) that has 2 slots for SIM cards. It would ring for either number, and you'd be able to switch the one used for outgoing calls via the menu or a shortcut key. Seems like there would be a market for it, but I've never seen such a thing.

    Oh, and if I'm the first one to think of it, then PATENT PENDING! Patent pending, patent pending, patent pending.

    Patent pending.

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