"The mobile broadband explosion is only beginning. If there was no broadband there would be no Google.

"The mobile broadband explosion is only beginning. If there was no broadband there would be no Google. People would not sit on Google and Google on a traditional phone line for 10 minutes for a simple answer.
"In the world, there are probably one billion people who will never get the internet through a cable. Mobile is the only alternative."
The article continues: The company (Ericsson) is involved in the Millennium Villages' project that brings telecommunications to remote communities in Africa. The exercise is partly to demonstrate that, even in these distant areas, there is a business case.
Svanberg says the effect of telephony there is "amazing".
"The prioritities for people are first food, then clothes, then a telephone. In the poorest of areas, people spend 6%-7% of their disposable income on telephony. {Consider} the importance of one call, to see where is the best place to sell your fish for the best price, or to get help for a health worker, or to get an internet connection."
One of the villages near the border between Kenya and Somalia with a population of 5,000, has become a hub for commercial activity in less than 18 months, he says.
The challenge for Ericsson is to build faster and faster networks that have more bandwith but consume less energy. Svanberg has committed the company to reducing its carbon footprint by 40% pver the next five years and some of its base stations are now operated by wind and solar power.