Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (37002)	2/2/1999 8:31:00 PM
From: Follies	Respond to of 94695

Shanghai has the highest percentage of cellphones (per person) of any city in the world. Asians have them implanted at birth.

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (37002)	2/2/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: Michael Rich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Pardon me, Bonnie. Things are changing fast in China. There are a lot of young rich professionals there. And cell phones are no big deal any more. It used to be a status symbol. The coast cities almost look like HK or Chinatowns in the States. My regards.

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (37002)	2/3/1999 12:23:00 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Bonnie: here is a statistics I found: <<Major equipment manufacturers are focused on the telecom market in China, which has a 1.3 billion population. The public's communications links are relatively few, with ratios of 5.68 fixed lines and 1.07 cellular phones per 100 people. >> news.com So 1.07*13 billion=13.9 million cell phones in China. And keep in mind that this 1.07:100 ratio is national average. So if only considering the big cities, the ratio is much much higher.