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6,725,000,000
As of September 2008, the world population is estimated to be 6.725 billion

3,000,000,000
3 billion mobile phones since 1980

16
Nokia manufactures more than 16 phones per second

Nokia 1011
First commercially available GSM digital phone

Motorola StarTAC
First clamshell mobile phone

Nokia 5110
First Xpress-On color covers with predictive text and Navi-Key.

Ericsson T68
First mobile phone with colour screen saiz Cheathco

Vertu
First luxury mobile phone

Blackberry 5820
First wireless email solution with mobile phone

Apple iPhone
‘nuf said

Nokia 1100
World's best selling phone with 200 million sold since 2003

75
75% of the global population live within network coverage

4,000,000,000
More than 4 billion live without access to Information & Communication Technologies

3,000,000,000
3 billion people live on less than $2 a day

Everyone connected

What can you buy for five dollars?
Anything goes.

Sunday paper, Venice, USA
by svanes

Pork ramen, Shibuya, Japan
by JulianBleecker

Crockery set for home, Kabale, Uganda
by JanChipchase

1/2 pound of French roast, Woodland Hills, USA
by grraph

1.234 gal of gasoline, Los Angeles, USA
by JulianBleecker

Feature film The Hulk, Lima, Peru
by JulianBleecker

School bag, Kabale, Uganda
by JanChipchase

Patak's lime pickle & Bart's coconut milk, Abergavenny, Wales
by sarahil

One porter to haul up to 25 kilos for half-a-day, Inca Trail, Peru
by JulianBleecker

Charcoal iron, Kabale, Uganda
by JanChipchase

A motorbike rider for 2 hours, Bangkok, Thailand
by JanChipchase

Havaianas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
by Will_Yau

One Beer (incl. All Singing All Dancing Girls), Handan, China
by JanChipchase

Cappuccino & 3 cookies, San Francisco, USA
by grraph

5 x BW passport photos, street developing, Kabul, Afghanistan
by JanChipchase

Ikea slippers, Geneva, Switzerland
by nicolasnova

Libido Enhancer, Chongqing, China
by JanChipchase

Polis-Sucos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
by Will_Yau

Hen for supper, Kabale, Uganda
by JanChipchase

Corn, carrots, and tomatoes, Los Angeles, USA
by pwever

Motorola StarTAC, eBay, USA
by selfconstruct

Taxi with English speaking driver, Kabul, Afghanistan
by JanChipchase

50g of TCHO chocolate, San Francisco, USA
by grraph

Bucket of frozen potatoes, Cusco, Peru
by nicolasnova

Set of customised rickshaw mud flaps, Ahmedabad, India
by janchipchase

A day labour at a farm ,Choonburee, Thailand
by Pawena แตง

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117,212
At the end of June 2008, Nokia had just over 117 thousand
employees worldwide.

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