Coun tries by Cellphones

The Economic Times on Sunday FEBRUARY 5-11, 2012 16 centrespread The perfect mutton curry p.30 The Economic Times on Sunday FEBRUARY 5-11, 2012 17 centrespread I llul l lllul lul llul lul lulul lul l lllul ul 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 COUNTRIES BY CELLPHONES 53% India True, India is the only country where mobile licences have been cancelled. But the world of cellphones is full of interesting facts even otherwise. ET on Sundaypresents the defining cellphone traits of countries that are big mobile markets D00 000 Australia of adults have either lost their phone or 000 had it stolen. That's 14.3 almost double the Pakistan Russia number of people registered worldwide on Twitter 108.9 mn 224.3 mn China 951.6 mn million Despite this, 6/10 have mobile software that identifies their Germany 107 mn, Number of unused mobile phone handsets lying about in Australia. That is more than 3 times the population of New Zealand location and online banking US 327.6 mn Only 2/5 have a password protecting their phone Japan 121.2 mn India Despite this, only 3% of mobile phones are recycled in Australia 873.6 mn Brązil 231.6 mn Mobile Phone Ownership by Country United States Indonesia 168.3 mn 70% of people have at least 1 old mobile phone at home, 000 000 000 Nigeria 90.6 mn 51% while 32% of them have 2 or more unused handsets at home Use smartphones in bed 000 Russia China United Kingdom 21% 70% There is a mobile phone penetration rate of 154%, meaning there are 1.54 mobiles for each person of 16-17 year olds are engaged in 'sexting' of mobile phones are made in China 23% Over a quarter of adults & half of teens own a smartphone Russia has the largest mobile phone market in Europe and the 6th largest in the world with over 220 million mobile xx Around 2.7 billion SMS www Registered phone subscriptions. That's around the same number of registered domain names on the Internet Use smartphones during a class or meeting. That's almost double the population of California texts are sent 22% of adults and 47% of 00000 in China every day. Every person in the UK would need 37% of adults and Say they "cannot live teens admit 2Gl 60% of teens admit 2.76 answering their handsets they are 'highly Despite the size of the market, only 11% have smartphones and most people are still without their addicted' to their to send 43 27bn mobile in the bathroom or in the loo smartphones. That's double the texts each day phones" to match this connected via old 2G networks Content courtesy & adapted with permission from www.somobile.co.uk number of smokers Sri Lanka | 2 Germany |3 Illinois, US CELLPHONE WEIRD ELPHONE Using GPS on your phone while driving is prohibited, dedicated GPS systems can still be used The laws require cellphone owners to bear a "certificate of ownership" whenever using the phone. The reason: terrorism It is a major criminal offence to use a cellphone to audio record the police, even in a public space. You can be sentenced to 15 years in prison! 0000: 0000 Graphics & Illustrations : ALANKAR