For a technology that appeared only recently, mobile phones have had, and will continue to have, a huge impact in our world.

I wouldn't have thought this possible so quickly, but it appears that phones will be everywhere, literally, soon.

EVERY person in the world will have access to mobile phone service within five years and half the handsets will be smartphones.

The head of mobile infrastructure for Ericsson, Ulf Ewaldsson, says global mobile penetration will reach 100 per cent by 2016, or even a year earlier.

''Which means anyone who wants to make a phone call over a mobile can,'' he said yesterday while on a visit from Sweden to Ericsson's Melbourne offices.

 

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