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Q: What percentage of the world population has access to a telephone, or cellphone? ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: What percentage of the world population has access to a telephone, or cellphone?
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: frontranger68-ga
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Posted: 04 Feb 2005 10:35 PST
Expires: 06 Mar 2005 10:35 PST
Question ID: 468813
I checked the International Labor Organization, and UNESCO.
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Subject: Re: What percentage of the world population has access to a telephone, or cellph
Answered By: blazius-ga on 07 Feb 2005 02:19 PST
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According to the 2003 statistics of the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU, a specialized agency of the United
Nations)), there are 2 464 962 600 telephone lines in the world,
corresponding to 40.32 phone subscription per 100 people.  Detailed
figures are avilable at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/.  The
information is based on official data from 183 ogf the world's 193
countries.

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frontranger68-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
great website ITU that I hadnt heard about. I will use this in the
future. Thanks for your help.

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