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From in information given in the above column chart, we can see |
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a striking contrast between mobile-phone subscriptions between developing and developed countries from 2000 to 2008. |
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During this period, |
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there has been a dramatic increase from 0.4 to 4 billion mobile-phone subscriptions in developing countries, |
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while that of developed countries remained steady under 1 billion. |
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At least two fundamental factors could contributed to this phenomenon. |
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On the one hand, with the rapid increase in economy happening in the developing countries, |
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the telecommunication industry in those countries got a great bound to meet the demand of globalization. |
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As a result, the user of mobile phone which can narrow the distance between people |
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and link the whole world together rose at an incredible speed. |
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