The $20 cell phone is on the horizon
Approximately 80 percent of the world's population
has wireless coverage, though, only about 25 percent subscribe to wireless
services due largely to the cost of mobile phones. This represents a huge
opportunity for delivering mobile services to large sections of the world's
population. In India alone, roughly 11 percent of its total population has
telecom connectivity with a mobile subscriber base of 58 million. All of which
makes Texas instruments latest cost-effective single-chip cell phone solution
very significant – available in less than 12 months time, the chip will
reduce the cost of manufacturing cell phones by around 30% and as Texas
Instruments (TI) Chairman Tom Engibous announced, “the $20 cell phone is
on the horizon.”
Posted: Wed - August 10, 2005 at 09:06 AM