Here is the URL
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/012306-asia.html
and lead of the second article
I filed from PTC '06,
the Pacific Telecommunications Council annual meeting:
Asian economic growth sparks Pacific Rim telecom surgeBy Jay Gillette, Network World, 01/23/06
HONOLULU — The Pacific Telecommunications Council based here concluded its 28th annual conference this week to news of revived Asian economies and recovery of telecommunications markets throughout the Pacific Rim. Telecommunications carriers, along with operators of satellite services and undersea cable companies, reported expanding customer bases and increasing levels of investment for infrastructure.
With continuing prosperity in China, latest figures from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications show the Chinese market with 744 million telephone subscribers. Fixed-line telephone subscribers weigh in at 353 million, surpassed by mobile subscribers at 391 million.
Here is the URL and hyperlink
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/011806-cerf.html
to the lead from the first article I filed from PTC '06,
the Pacific Telecommunications Council's 2006 annual meeting:
Cerf: Internet growth will come from AsiaBy Jay Gillette, NetworkWorld.com, 01/18/06
HONOLULU - At the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s 28th conference here, Internet pioneer Vint Cerf declared that major Internet growth will now come from Asia, which represents 56% of the world’s population.
At 332 million users, Asia currently weighs in at a third of the Internet’s 1 billion global users, a penetration that only taps 15% of the population worldwide today, said Cerf, who was recently hired by Google as its chief Internet evangelist. Europe has 285 million users, compared to North America’s 224 million.