Describe how the patterns of mobile phone subscriptions have changed over time with reference to key data from source 2 below. Source 2 This data is from the International Telecommunications Union, a specialised branch of the United Nations, and shows the developing rates of mobile and Internet use in developed and developing nations as a percentage of the population. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Developed 82.1 92.9 102.0 108.3 112.5 115.0 119.0 123.6 128.2 Mobile phone subscriptions 78.3 84.3 89.4 Developing Developed 22.9 30.1 39.1 49.1 58.3 69.0 Homes with 44.7 48.2 53.4 57.7 62.6 66.3 70.2 74.0 - 77.7 Internet Developing 8.1 9.6 11.2 12.5 14.1 16.4 20.2 24.0 28.0 Developed 50.9 53.5 59.0 61.3 62.9 67.3 70.5 73.4 76.8 People using the Internet Developing 7.8 9.4 11.9 14.7 17.5 21.2 24.5 27.5 30.7

Describe how the patterns of mobile phone subscriptions have changed over time with reference to key data from source 2 below. Source 2 This data is from the International Telecommunications Union, a specialised branch of the United Nations, and shows the developing rates of mobile and Internet use in developed and developing nations as a percentage of the population. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Developed 82.1 92.9 102.0 108.3 112.5 115.0 119.0 123.6 128.2 Mobile phone subscriptions 78.3 84.3 89.4 Developing Developed 22.9 30.1 39.1 49.1 58.3 69.0 Homes with 44.7 48.2 53.4 57.7 62.6 66.3 70.2 74.0 - 77.7 Internet Developing 8.1 9.6 11.2 12.5 14.1 16.4 20.2 24.0 28.0 Developed 50.9 53.5 59.0 61.3 62.9 67.3 70.5 73.4 76.8 People using the Internet Developing 7.8 9.4 11.9 14.7 17.5 21.2 24.5 27.5 30.7

Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter2: Choice In A World Of Scarcity

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