Clash of the Telephone Titans.MOBILE PHONE SERVICE IS GROWING MUCH FASTER TI-IAN FIXED-LINE TELEPHONES IN LATIN America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . In fact, the number of cell-toting Venezuelans and Paraguayans exceeded the plain, old phone users in those countries for the first time ever last year. A study by Pyramid Research predicts that, within five years, cell phones will outnumber out·num·ber tr.v. out·num·bered, out·num·ber·ing, out·num·bers To exceed the number of; be more numerous than. outnumber Verb to exceed in number: their traditional counterparts in Argentina, Mexico, El Salvador El Salvador (ĕl sälväthōr`), officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,705,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. and Peru. The reason? Cellular service is cheaper and more reliable than fixed lines, says Andy Castonguay, a Pyramid researcher in S[bar{a}]o Paulo. "But in places like Brazil where fixed-line service is so entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. ," he adds, "it's going to take a lot longer, if it happens at all." |
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