Three billion cell users

A survey by a UK-based telecom consulting company indicates that, by the end of this year, there will be 3 billion mobile phones in use. If you're keeping score, that works out to about one cell phone for every two people on the planet. A cell phoning population like that means assumptions about who has access to a phone and the expectations of acceptable use may well be in for updating. World-wide, approximately 1,000 new users sign up for a cell phone every minute. If your company has based factors like security on a limited mobile population, your world is changing with every minute that passes.

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