Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Egypt has shown a fast disposition toward mobile phone usage
Egypt has shown a fast disposition toward mobile phone usage—the International Telecommunication Union estimates that there were 83.4 million mobile phone connections in 2011 among a total population of about 82.1 million. But smartphones have made slower progress in penetrating the population. A January–March 2012 survey of individuals in Egypt commissioned by Google as part of their “Our Mobile Planet” study, conducted by third-party research firms, found the smartphone adoption rate to be only about 26%.But those who do have smartphones and other internet-enabled mobile devices have taken quickly to using both the mobile internet and apps, according to an April poll in Egypt conducted by mobile advertising network Plus7. The survey found that more than six in 10 respondents accessed a mobile website or used an app several times a day, while about one in 10 did so at least once a week.Read more at http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009349#g4clA1Qiq56aLQQE.99
# posted by Unknown : Tuesday, September 25, 2012
