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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (12283)	12/9/2006 3:00:25 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217869

<<There were 9.193 million 2G/2.5G/3G subscribers in Hong Kong at the end of Augist 2006 (latest data), giving a penetration rate in excess of 127%.>> for the unaware readers, there are 7 mil population in HK, but 9 mil cellphone subscribers, for a few reasons, some good, others not as good: - a few mainlanders maintain a hk subscription because they come and go, but can at most number perhaps 10-20 thousand - a few hk folks maintain two phones, one blackberry thing, and another normal phone, for dual processing rigor, but can at most account for another 5 thousand folks - enough hk folks maintain dual number sim card, with one hk number and another mainland number, for ease of travel roaming without incurring roaming charge - say 100,000 folks - temporary visitors on pre-paid sim card may explain another few tens of thousands - that leaves 2 million subscriptions unexplained, and must be explained by fact that lots of folks have two or even three plain vanila cellphone subscriptions for a whole lot of very few reasons, such as keeping girl friends and mistresses clearly filed