Global mobile penetration: near 96% | SmartPlanet Daily

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

  SmartPlanet Daily A daily briefing of the newest stories on SmartPlanet, five days a week.   From the Desk of … In a world with 7 billion people, there will be 6.8 billion mobile phone subscriptions by the end of this year. Could there soon be more subscriptions than …

SmartPlanet Daily: There are (almost) as many cell phone subscriptions as people

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

  SmartPlanet Daily A daily briefing of the newest stories on SmartPlanet, five days a week.   From the Desk of … In a world with 7 billion people, there will be 6.8 billion mobile phone subscriptions by the end of this year. Could there soon be more subscriptions than …

Earth Policy Release – Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon

Jay OwenSustainability News

Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon  Janet Larsen http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2013/update113 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update May 14, 2013 When New York City opened registration for its much anticipated public bike-sharing program on April 15, 2013, more than 5,000 people signed up within 30 hours. Eager for access to …