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[4] Computer History Museum's "Internet History." More milestones can be found at www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/.
[5] "Mouse Inventor Strives for More," BBC News, November 5, 2001 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1633972.stm). During an interview, Engelbart said, "SRI patented the mouse, but they really had no idea of its value. Some years later it was learned that they had licensed it to Apple for something like $40,000."
[6] The World Fact Book, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 2008 (Skyhorse Publishing).
[7] Top 10 emerging markets: China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia, Iran, Poland, and Saudi Arabia. Top 10 developed markets: U.S., Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, South Korea, and Australia; source: IMF, ITU, Morgan Stanley Research.
[8] Informa Telecoms & Media
[9] Gartner Group as reported in "Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012 Gartner says: Broadband penetration currently reaches just over half of U.S. homes," Brad Reed, Gartner Group, Network World, July 24, 2008 (www.networkworld.com/news/2008/072408-broadband-penetration-gartner-study.html?hpg1=bn).
[10] "Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Garner says," Network World, Brad Reed, July 24, 2008 (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/072408-broadband-penetration-gartner-study.html?hpg1=bn).
[11] Dave Clark
[12] 3G Americas press release, December 22, 2008 (www.3gamericas.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=pressreleasedisplay&pressreleaseid=2077).
[13] "Two billion new Bourgeois using cell phones," Stephane Teral, Infonetics Research, March 24, 2009.
[14] "Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Magic?", Steve Hamm, BusinessWeek, January 12, 2009.
[15] "Boom in the Bust," Economist, March 7, 2009.
[16] "Apple's Ambitious iPhone 3G Plans," Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek, August 22, 2008
[17] Rajesh Jain, NetCore Solutions Ltd., Web 2.0 Conference presentation, 2008.
[18] "Two billion new Bourgeois using cell phones," Stephane Teral, Infonetics Research, March 24, 2009.
[19] Rajesh Jain, NetCore Solutions Ltd., Web 2.0 Conference presentation 2008.
[20] "More than 633 million mobile subscribers in China," ilinca, unwired view, January 6, 2009 (www.unwiredview.com/2009/01/06/more-than-633-million-mobile-subscribers-in-china/).
[21] "Two billion new Bourgeois using cell phones," Stephane Teral, Infonetics Research, March 24, 2009.
[22] "China Mobile Subscribers Surpass Total US Population," eMediaWire, April 6, 2007 (www.nextbillion.net/news/china-mobile-subscribers-surpass-total-us-population).
[23] For the month of November 2008, as reported by www.unwiredview.com/2009/01/06/morethan-633-million-mobile-subscribers-in-china/.
[24] The ICT industry refers to the full range of devices and applications that play a role in digital communication; ranging from monitors and cell phones to PCs and storage devices; all the different applications that enable the sharing or use of information, from email and online services to spreadsheets and video games; and the hardware and software needed to operate the networks that transmit the information, from the smallest home office to the largest global networks.
[25] "China Mobile Subscribers Surpass Total US Population," eMediaWire, April 6, 2007 (www.nextbillion.net/news/china-mobile-subscribers-surpass-total-us-population).
[26] "Poorer Nations Go Online on Cellphones," Tom Wright, Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2008 (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122844530354182063.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace).
[27] "Brazil Telecom and Service Provider Router Market," Synergy Research Group, 2008.
[28] "Brazil Telecom and Service Provider Router Market," Synergy Research Group, 2008.
[29] "Service Provider and Enterprise Telecom and Datacom Equipment Market Share and Forecasts," Infonetics Research, July 2008.
[30] According to CIA World Factbook, as reported by Nationmaster, which pools statistics takenfrom sources such as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD (www.nationmaster.com/graph/med_tel-media-televisions).
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