[Asterisk-biz] Need some statistics & facts

[Jef.Kent]

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Must be 800 million.  Think about it - Nigeria - 180 million people, 500,000
fixed lines and about 10 million mobile.  Much of Africa has very low
teledensity.  If you really are that curious buy a copy of Telegeography.

JK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald_Wiplinger" <ronald_wiplinger at leadtek.com.tw>
To: <alex.pui at act-labs.com>; "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Need some statistics & facts


> Alex Pui wrote:
>
> >Which world? I think on the world we are now here, there are only 6
billion
> >people and do we have 800 billion phone lines? I can't believe that.
> >
> >
>
> Alex,
>
> I am sure, I am not the only one, but I have at home and in the office
> lines, ...
> Maybe my estimate with 800 billion is to high, maybe it is just 800
> million, but where do I get the figures?
>
>
> bye
>
> Ronald
>
>
> >Alex
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> >[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
Ronald_Wiplinger
> >Sent: August 9, 2005 10:31 PM
> >To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> >Subject: [Asterisk-biz] Need some statistics & facts
> >
> >There is nothing more than figures, right?
> >
> >I asked this at the asterisk users list first, but I realize that it is
> >better to find an answer here, where people need such figures in order
> >to find the right business direction.
> >
> >I am looking for:
> >1. How many phone lines are currently in this world (I estimate 800
> >billion analog lines)
> >2. How many data lines are currently in this world (I estimate 1 billion)
> >3. what is the forcast of 1 & 2 ? When will it swap?
> >4. How many PBX are in use? I guess that a part will be extended with
> >FXO to the Interent. Some will be replaced at all, because of missing
> >features.
> >5. Which countries favour VoIP? Which countries forbid VoIP?
> >
> >Where are the cheapest / best ADSL lines available?
> >Hongkong, Korea, Japan    is my guess
> >
> >
> >bye
> >
> >Ronald
> >
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