Online Communications
Postcards From the Edge
Internet penetration, worldwide, continues to grow. Digital TV spreads its wings though interactive remains largely a future promise. Mobile phone penetration marches onwards, though whether it is 2G, 21/2G or 3G is a mystery to most, and Telcos are still trying to make the sums add up. Broadband, except, improbably, in South Korea, is still struggling towards takeoff.
In short, much of the developed world, at least, is already actually or potentially online, and although many who listened to some of the wilder forecasts are licking their wounds, ecommerce is alive and well,...