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To: Maurice Winn who started this subject9/25/2000 12:24:58 AM
From: Geoff Goodfellow  Read Replies (2) of 29986
 
NYT: A Medal for Aussie Cell Phones

By MARK LANDLER
The New York Times

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 24 — Yakking on a cellular phone is not yet an Olympic sport, even at an Olympics that has featured the debut of trampoline jumping. But after a week of record-breaking mobile chatter, Sydney can lay reasonable claim to being the first wireless Olympics.

Mobile telephones can be found are everywhere at these Games — in the hands of spectators, officials, athletes, even visitors, who are taking advantage of agreements on roaming use to bring their phones from overseas.

With 8.5 million subscribing to cellular service — more than 40 percent of the population — Australia is already one of the world's concentrated wireless markets. The high penetration has been magnified by Samsung Electronics, an Olympics sponsor, which has flooded Sydney with 15,000 free phones.

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