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So far we’ve published several articles dealing with impressive numbers from China. Sure the “world’s fastest growing economy” has more subscribers than whole of Europe, but what about its high-tech island-neighbour?
Well, Japanese are known to be quite tech savvy so we were not surprised to learn that they’ve spent 1.899 billion hours talking on their handsets during last year. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, that’s 4.5% increase from 2006 and the first time mobile phone usage surpassed calls made from landlines.
At the end of fiscal 2007, the number of mobile phone subscriptions was 102.72 million, a 6.2% increase from the previous period. At the same time, the number of landlines was 51.23 million, a 7.1% decrease year-on-year.
[Via: FarEastGizmos]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
