3/2009
There are currently more internet user in China than in the United states. What’s even more significant is that internet usage on mobile phones in China has increased over 30 percent since the beginning of year. While in India there are almost 120 million mobile connections capable of using wireless data.
2/2009
Every day, more than 1.8 million new mobile subscribers join the digital community. Out of all the emerging markets, it is the African nations collectively that enjoy the highest growth rate of mobile phone subscriptions. But the figures from China and India are also staggering.
1/2009
In December 2008, the World Bank predicted that the per capita GDP in emerging countries would rise 4.6% annually during 2010–2015, a figure more than double the growth rate of the 1990s and far beyond the 0.6 per cent average seen in the 1980s. It’s a reassuring forecast to make in the midst of the global economic meltdown that has been dominating news stories for the past few months.
