Cellphones have been described as one of the world’s first “leap-frog technologies.”  This mean’s that the technological breakthrough was so significant, that it completely negated a previous standard technology.  The premise behind this specific statement is that in places like developing African countries, it is unlikely that a network for landline phones will ever be created.  It is more likely that cell phones will just become the norm for this entire region.

Cellphones have been described as one of the world’s first “leap-frog technologies.”  This mean’s that the technological breakthrough was so significant, that it completely negated a previous standard technology.  The premise behind this specific statement is that in places like developing African countries, it is unlikely that a network for landline phones will ever be created.  It is more likely that cell phones will just become the norm for this entire region.

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If you analyze aggregated cellphone traffic — as researchers at M.I.T., AT&T and I.B.M. did with United States data from July of last year — interesting patterns emerge.

If you analyze aggregated cellphone traffic — as researchers at M.I.T., AT&T and I.B.M. did with United States data from July of last year — interesting patterns emerge.

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Cellphones have been described as one of the world’s first “leap-frog technologies.”  This mean’s that the technological breakthrough was so significant, that it completely negated a previous standard technology.  The premise behind this specific statement is that in places like developing African countries, it is unlikely that a network for landline phones will ever be created.  It is more likely that cell phones will just become the norm for this entire region.

Cellphones have been described as one of the world’s first “leap-frog technologies.”  This mean’s that the technological breakthrough was so significant, that it completely negated a previous standard technology.  The premise behind this specific statement is that in places like developing African countries, it is unlikely that a network for landline phones will ever be created.  It is more likely that cell phones will just become the norm for this entire region.

If you analyze aggregated cellphone traffic — as researchers at M.I.T., AT&T and I.B.M. did with United States data from July of last year — interesting patterns emerge.

If you analyze aggregated cellphone traffic — as researchers at M.I.T., AT&T and I.B.M. did with United States data from July of last year — interesting patterns emerge.

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