socialmedian: Jeffrey Cole, USC Center Digital Future @ #MMF: U.S. is a third world country when it comes to mobile vs. rest of world

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Jeffrey Cole, USC Center Digital Future @ #MMF: U.S. is a third world country when it comes to mobile vs. rest of world

Submitted by Jasongoldberg from Twitter

Nov 13, 2008

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Jeffrey Cole, USC Center Digital Future @ #MMF: U.S. is a third world country when it comes to mobile vs. rest of world

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Sunil,

Nov 13, 2008

India is growing, as shown in the stats: http://www.startupdunia.com/2008/04/16/trai-quarterly-stats-for-mobile-and-internet-subscribers-in-india/

Sunil,

Nov 13, 2008

Anyone, what are the factors for such a growth in India?

Ajay,

Nov 13, 2008

@sunil There has been an increase in the coverage area of networks all over the country bringing in the Class B towns as well as rural areas.
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=146743&catID=8&category=Business

Nishith,

Nov 13, 2008

@jasongoldberg The thing that annoys me the most is that you have to pay for incoming calls. Oh and incoming sms/text too. That is so not cool.

Narciss,

Nov 13, 2008

@ajay But how does this affect the mobile usage in US

Agraylin,

Nov 13, 2008

the success in the US of the internet on the desktop, email and TV is a key reason why mobile is less popular for data/entertainment... there are too man ways to get content and information.