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Asia and Africa Top Mobile Web Usage

By CircleID Reporter
  • November 24, 2010, 10:28 pm PST
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Highest share of mobile web usage isn’t in the most developed nations, but rather in the developing nations of the world, based on StatCounter’s October 2010 data. “The reason these countries have such high mobile web usage compared to desktop web usage (for lack of a better name) is very much a result of economics,” says RoyalPingdom. “A relatively cheap mobile phone (most often from Nokia, as we have seen) will then be a much more realistic option, and it therefore becomes the way to reach the Web for many. “

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