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Mobile Phone Access Reaches Three Quarters of Planet’s Population<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Maximizing Mobile – New World Bank Report Points to Human and Economic Development Opportunities<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 —<\/strong> Around three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone and the mobile communications story is moving to a new level, which is not so much about the phone but how it is used, says a new report released today by the World Bank and info<\/i>Dev, its technology entrepreneurship and innovation program. The number of mobile subscriptions in use worldwide, both pre-paid and post-paid, has grown from fewer than 1 billion in 2000 to over 6 billion now, of which nearly 5 billion in developing countries. Ownership of multiple subscriptions is becoming increasingly common, suggesting that their number will soon exceed that of the human population.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In Palestine<\/strong>, Souktel’s JobMatch service is helping young people find jobs. College graduates using the service reported a reduction in the time spent looking for employment from an average of twelve weeks to one week or less, and an increase in wages of up to 50 percent.<\/p><\/div>\n

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