4 bln phone lines globally
Fact recorded on: September 5, 2007. Categories: Telecom.
International Telecommunications Union counts 1.27 bln fixed lines and 2.68 bln mobile accounts. The total number of people represented by those figures is unclear because many people, particularly in industrial countries, have both kinds of service.
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