Google VP: Toekomst van internet ligt bij mobiele telefoon

(…) From 50 million in 1997, the number of people who have logged onto the internet has exploded to nearly 1.1 billion. Yet, the Internet only reaches a sixth of the world’s population. You will get those other 5.5 billion people only when affordability increases and the cost of communication goes down. The mobile phone has become an important factor in the internet revolution. Worldwide there are 2.5 billion mobile-phone users, whose numbers are growing rapidly in developing countries led by China and India, the world’s most populous countries. India, a country of 1.1 billion people, alone is adding seven million mobile-phone users a month. (….)